Based on these findings, six guidelines are offered for modifying the Hill helping skills approach to fit the needs of Korean clients: Provide a pre-exploration stage to educate clients about approach, utilize indirect and non-verbal communication more than verbal communication, validate client's experiences, work cautiously with emotions, be cautious about using insight skills, and respond to clients' implicit communication when they ask for action. Clinical or methodological significance of this article: Psychotherapy models are typically transported to other cultures without sufficient attention to modifications needed for working with clients in that culture. In this paper, we begin to address how one particular model, the Hill Helping Skills Model, could be modified to make it responsive to Korean clients. Hopefully, by addressing implications for specific populations, we can begin to modify psychotherapy approaches to better fit clientele from diverse cultures.