The purpose of the study is to investigate a self-identity changeprocess of a female university student through six counseling interviews.Four research questions are raised:1)what are the outcomes resultedfrom the six sessions counseling work?2)what is the counseling processwhich the student client went througgh?3)what is the counseling environmentthe counselor created for the client?4)what is the social contextembeded in the counseling process?The six counseling sessions verbatimwere collected.The verbatim were analyzed following the principle ofnarrative analysis to look for the themes and the sequence of identitychange in the counseling process.The Assessment of Erikson´s DevelopmentConflicts in Chinese Version before and after the counseling wereadministered to compare the client´s scores change on the test.Both thecounselor and the client were also interviewed after each counselingsession to report their experiences.The client was asked to report thechanges she found in self and the impressions to the counselor and thecounselor was asked to report the strategies she used and the helps shemade for the client.Content analysis was employed to answer the raisedresearch questions.The finding s were as folows:1)Four themes occuredin the self identity process."The distrust of being cared"came first,"The strict self demand"came second,"Self expression"and"Changeerformance"occured in the middle of the process and lasted to the end.Outcome changes appeared in the client´s initiative to relate withothers.The client gained more self understanding and multiplied perspectivesin viewing self and others.She became more self assured andrelaxed.3)The counselor created a trusting and understanding environment.The counselor encouraged and supported the client,collaborated withthe client,formed the counseling goal quickly,led the client to explorehurtful past experience,helped the client to express negative innerfeeings and gained insights about the strict self demand,assisted theclient to trust and assure more in self.The finding supported that suchcounseling environment was helpful to enhance the client self identity.4)The social context embeded in the counseling were related with the issuesof gender bias,piaty and obedience to the parents,the striving to theharmony of social relationship,and the cultural norm of avoiding toexpress negative feelings.Counselors need to be more awared of the embededsocial and cultural influences in the counseling practice.