The East Asian international graduate student comprise a large percentage of international students in the US. . Moreover, some research has showed that the East Asian international graduates had challenges related to cross-cultural adaptation and motivation to seek counseling services. However there are limited studies that have examined the relationship between acculturation and the attitude toward seeking counseling services. Thus, this presentation aims at studying the relationship of the cross-cultural adaptation and seeking counseling attitudes of the East Asian international graduates and offers a model that will enhance the multicultural competencies of counselors who work with East Asian graduate students and other international students.
