The purpose of this study was to assess practices and problems of child counseling services inrnCBCCs of Addis Ababa which were established by FSCE in cooperation with Addis Ababa PolicernCommission. All the ten CBCCs that are found in Addis Ababa City administration were included inrnthe study. 114 children, 13volunteers, 2 counselors, the project manger and 42 parents/guardiansrnparticipated in the study. All in all there were 172 respondents. Instruments used for data collectionrnwere questionnaire, interview, focus group discussion and observation. From the results of the studyrnthe majority of child respondents indicated that consultation with parents, establishment ofrnconductive counseling relationship, assessing information about problems of children , learning futurernproblem solving skills, reviewing plans and actions at the end of the counseling sessions and followrnup arrangement after termination of counseling sessions in general and orientation about the role ofrncounseling and group counseling in particular were most frequently practiced counseling services inrnCBCCs. But majority of child respondents indicated that consultation with teachers and individualrncounseling were not adequately practiced in CBCes. Information obtained from counselors and thernproject manager also revealed that lack of referral sources for specialized help, absence ofrnsupervision and evaluation of counseling services are the problems of the counseling olTered inrnCBCCs. Even though, most respondent groups agreed that the counseling service rendered in CBCCsrnis relatively effective in changing the behaviors of children, it had also problems related to coveragernof counseling services and provision of physical facility. Based on the findings and discussion, it isrngenerally recommended that major counseling services should be adequately practiced and physicalrnfacilities should also be sufficiently provided in CBCCs