The document contains six papers which deal with the need for change in guidance and counseling due to the overwhelming amount of data which is insufficiently processed by conventional manual systems. Included in these papers are discussions on when these changes should occur and the nature of their alterations. The reports consider some of the ways in which the computer can be successfully used to provide needed support. These areas include: (1) information storage and retrieval; (2) diagnosis; (3) instructional gaming; and (4) synthetic confrontation therapy. The following topics are covered: (1) computer based gaming, a systems approach to vocational instruction; (2) synthetic confrontation therapy; (3) diagnosis and prediction; (4) a survey of two information languages for counselor applications; (5) gaming for vocational awareness; and (6) computer diagnostics. (MC/Author)