Purpose: The aim of this study to determine the training needs of school counselor who working in various schools in Mersin and what lessons graduate programs could meet these needs.

Method: Working group of the research consists of 220 participants. 126 of the participants were female and 92 were male. Two respondents did not state gender. Participants who working for public schools in Mersin and is 204 and participant who working as a counselor in private schools is 16;  151 participant graduate psychological counseling and guidance department, and 69 participant graduate from the department of program development in education, sociology, philosophy, psychology, education management, measurement and evaluation in education, etc.

In the study a questionnaire was used to determine the training needs of counselors. Qualitative analysis method was used to analyze open-ended questions. During code editing stage, codes were appointed for conspicuous basic expressions and they were categorized. During data summarizing stage, this data collected under categories. The statements which collected under categories counting and  the frequency of statement was determined. During data interpretation stage the numerical data calculated as frequency and percentage.

Findings and Result: Frequency and percentages of the question " What courses do you need while working in the field and what courses do you think should be in a post graduate programme?" are below:

Consulting Practice; (f=100; 45.5%), Family Counseling; (f=98; 44.5%), Psychological Testing Practice; (f= 85; 38.6%), Child/Adolescent Counseling; (f= 69; 31.4%), trauma; (f= 68; 30.9%) Counseling Based On A Counseling Theories; (f=58; 26.4%), Group Counseling; (f= 51; 23.2%), Special Education; (f= 48; 21.8%), Psychopathology; (f=44; 20%), Addiction; (f= 39; 17.7%), Violence; (f=30; 13.6%), Abuse; (f=29; 13.2%), Psychodrama; (f=20; 9.1%), Educational Guidance; (f=20; 9.1%), Sexual Education; (f=16; 7.3%), Vocational Guidance; (f=13; 5.9%), Consulting Caution; (f=13; 5.9%).

As a result, it is observed that participants prefers application oriented courses more than other courses.