This paper attempts to provide initial perspectives on guidelines for the preparation of counselors in dealing with client problems as they relate to death. Four elements of a training program are presented: (1) sensitizing counselors and prospective counselors to the topic of death and its potential importance; (2) helping those same people investigate available clinical research and popular information about death; (3) promoting the exploration of their own experiences, emotions, and opinions about death; and (4) having them provide actual services to clients for whom death is a possible concern. In addition to the preparation of counselors for direct service to clients, the writer also relates a number of issues which could benefit from investigation, including the frequency with which counselors come in contact with death-related problems, the attitudes and opinions of counselors about death-related issues, and the experiences with death of students who are interested in serving in particular work settings. (Author/PC)