Difference Between Guidance

and Counselling
By
Saddaf Noor
Laraib Anwar
 Introduction
• Guidance and counseling have, in all places, been a vital r
aspects of Higher education one of the purpose of education is
to help the individual in becoming a useful member of
society . If an individual receives education with out proper
guidance and counseling , he is not able to develop his
personality fully and thus is unable to serve his society in
terms of his abilities and Talents.
 Definition of Guidance

• Guidance is a kind of advice or help given to the individual’s

especially students, on matters like choosing a course of study
or career, work or preparing for vocation, from a person who
is superior in the respective field or an expert. It is the process
of guiding, supervising or directing a person for a particular
course of action.
 Definition of Counseling

• The term counseling is defined as a talking therapy, in which a

person (client) discusses freely his/her problems and share
feelings, with the counselor, who advises or helps the client in
dealing with the problems. It aims at discussing those
problems which are related to personal or socio- psychological
issues, causing emotional pain or mental instability that makes
you feel uneasy.
 BASIS FOR
GUIDANCE COUNSELING
COMPARISON
Guidance refers to an Counseling refers to a
advice or a relevant piece of professional advice given
information provided by a by a counselor to an
Meaning superior, to resolve a individual to help him in
problem or overcome from overcoming from personal
difficulty. or psychological problems.

Nature Preventive Remedial and Curative

Approach Comprehensive and In-depth and Introverted

Extroverted
It assists the person in It tends to change the
What it does? choosing the best perspective, to help him get
alternative. the solution by himself or
herself.
 BASIS FOR
GUIDANCE COUNSELING
COMPARISON

Education and career related Personal and socio-

Deals with issues. psychoological issues.

Any person superior or A person who possesses high

expert level of skill and
Provided by professional training.

Open and less private. Confidential

Privacy

One to one or one to many One to one

Mode

Decision making By guide. By the client.

Conclusion