This study explores student counselors' lived experiences when providing counseling to homeless persons in a shelter setting. This phenomenological study attempts to better understand the experiences that beginning counselors (N = 10) have during their practicum and internship experience working with high-need, homeless clientele and residing in a homeless shelter. This study outlines the many considerations that homeless clients present to counselors, the various stressors and developmental considerations beginning counselors navigate throughout their graduate program, and purposes to understand the internal experience of beginning counselors seeing this clientele in order to provide better supervision and support at both the site and faculty level. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]