The purpose of the study was to investigate the professional counselors' experiences of their participation in a pilot project in junior high schools. A group of professional counselors with psychology and social work majors were recruited to participate in a two-year pilot project in selected junior high schools in 1997. A total of 38 professional counselors were invited to participate in three focus groups and to share their work experiences and difficulties. A semi-structured interviewing guide was used to solicit subject, personal input and interactive discussion. Qualitative analyses were applied to the collected data. The results of the analyses are as following: 1. School psychologists and school social workers are considered preferred titles for the counseling staff with psychology and social work majors. 2. Orientation training prior to job assignment is helpful for the pilot counselors to be familiar with the school setting and the needs of the students. 3. Clinical supervision is critical to the provision of quality guidance services. 4. The schools in metropolitan Taipei and Kaohsiung cities were found to have greater guidance resources than the schools in rest of the Taiwan. Work difficulties experienced by the subjects were: more clerical tasks than professional ones were allocated by the schools, their professional roles were not recognized by the school administrators, offsite supervision and inservice training were discouraged by the school administrators. professional counselors did not receive sufficient clerical support for their work, and more collaboration between professional counselors and guidance teachers was needed. The contributions to the school guidance services made by the pilot professional counselors were: providing different counseling perspectives, strengthening the communication and counseling network within the school, promoting the counseling knowledge and skills among the school personnel, and making better connection and referral between schools and community resources. The implications of the results and suggestions for future study and guidance reform are also presented.