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This study was conducted to examine the effect of the cognitive-behavioral group counseling on stress and depression of the elderly in a nursing home. As pre-examination, the levels of stress and depression of both the experimental group and the control group were measured. After nine times of the cognitive-behavioral group counseling were tried for the experimental group, the levels of stress and depression of both groups were again measured. The results of this study can be summarized as follows. The experimental group showed significantly low score than that of the control group in the level of stress and depression. In the later examination which was conducted after 8 weeks, the experimental group also displayed low score. The results were same as those of Western countries. In conclusion, the cognitive-behavioral group counseling appeared to be effective psychological intervention in relieving stress and depression for not only the elderly in the West and but also those in Korea.