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The purpose of this study is examining the effects of a group program designed to enhance youth counselor’s cultural competence on intercultural sensitivity. The research hypothesis formulated by the study is that experimental group's intercultural sensitivity score may increase more than control group's due to the program. Following the existing works on the issue, this study designed a program consisting of seven sessions (16 hours) for youth counselors. Both the experimental group and the control group consist of 24 youth counselors. In order to investigate the effect of the program, a questionnaire for examining the participant’s intercultural sensitivity was administered to each group at 3 different points, pre-training, post-training, and 3 weeks follow-up. The t-verification was carried out with the data collected to verify the difference between the experimental group and the control group. The result of the research indicates that the program has a positive effect on improving youth counselor’s intercultural sensitivity.