Seventeen essays are presented which explore aspects of intercultural communication as it relates to the counseling profession. The papers describe cross-cultural dimensions of the counseling relationship, the adjustment process, the point of view of special populations, and suggestions for counselor training. The compilation was made in the belief that people working with multicultural populations must be aware of their own bias and the cultural values of their target audience. Section I presents four papers about counseling guidance and therapy relationships. Topics include guidance implications of concepts from the fields of culture and personality, cultural barriers in the counseling relationship, and the counseling process and its cultural setting. Section II includes studies of the mental health, adjustment, and counseling problems of students from Asian countries. The five papers in Section III explore intercultural problems of specific groups in American society, including Mexican-Americans, Chinese-Americans, Blacks, and American-Indians. Section IV offers four papers about cross-cultural counselor training. Among the topics are cultural stereotyping among psychotherapists and cross-cultural training of mental health professionals. (AV)