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The purpose of this study was to investigate the interrelationships between expressing emotions and self-esteem in counseling. There were three research questions. First, the aim of this study was to provide an overview of the recent development of children and adolescent self-esteem and emotional reactions. Second, this research was found using HTP drawing tests for checking emotional expression. Finally, this research examined the relationship between self-esteem and emotional expression in counseling. According to the results of the study, the high-expression emotion group tended to have high self-esteem, while the low-expression emotion group had low self-esteem. Moreover, the high-expression emotion group had good interpersonal relationships. However, there are no relationships between expressing emotion and family relationships. Interestingly, they also did not show relationships between expressing emotion and aggressions in daily activities. The results indicate there are no significant relationship between expressing emotions and emotional problems. It means people’s emotional problems maybe occurred by many different causes. The results may be controversial when compared to the results of previous studies, but they clearly indicate that someone who has emotional matters usually relate expressing their emotions. Therefore, when children and adolescents express their emotions, counselors and parents need to respond to their emotional needs. This study aimed to examine the expressing of emotions and self-esteem of students in Korea. It also gave information about the general expressing of emotions of 1st to 12th grade students. The results produced evidence for the obvious correlations between coping behaviors, relationships with others, and self-esteem. This data will help counselors and educators recognize their students’ difficulties when they practice in counseling settings and also identify how to support and help students to use the skills they learn in counseling more proficiently.