The counseling field continues expanding further into countries and cultures with inadequate access to trained professionals in counseling and mental health. In order to demonstrate the kind of support and growth counseling professionals have to offer, proper training would ideally promote counseling traits considered most important for impacting people of different cultures. The research conducted in this study identified the counseling traits ranked most important by international counseling professionals through a Q sort analysis. The research results will be used to facilitate further discussions for how to implement a variety of international counseling traits, and what this means for the future of the counseling profession throughout the world.
