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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a counseling program based on stress inoculation in improving the level of psychological adjustment and reducing future stress among the unemployed university graduates at Jenin city. The sample of this study consisted of (40) unemployed university graduate with age rate (25-30) years old during the first semester 2018-2019 year. The participants were randomly assigned into two groups: experimental group included (20) unemployed university graduates, who received a counseling program consisted of (13) sessions; and a control group consisted of (20) unemployed university graduate, who did not receive the counseling program. The scale of future stress and the scale of psychological adjustment were administered to both groups as pre-test and post- test. Follow up measure was administered after four weeks for the experimental group only. The results of the study showed significant differences between the two groups regarding the level of psychological adjustment and future stress in favor of experimental group. Also, the results showed continuity of the consoling program effect after four weeks of ending the program. In the light of these results we can recommend, applying a counseling program based on stress inoculation in the northern directorates to identify the differences between regions within this social phenomenon. (Author's abstract)