Highlight five differences between guidance and counselling

27/9/2020

Introduction:
Definition of guidance and counselling

Guidance implies directing, advising, helping or steering the individual into the right direction. Guidance also refers to broad area of education activities and services that helps individuals in the following ways

Highlight five differences between guidance and counselling

to make and carry out adequate plans for their lives
to achieve satisfactory and adjustment in life
help a person to achieve desired goals
equip individuals with knowledge and skills which enable him to identify and find ways of controlling problems before they control him
its a continuing process concerned with determining and providing for developmental means of the learner
its a lifelong process that involves helping individuals as a group or at personal level. In this respect, guidance promotes self understanding

The Kenya Ministry of Education (1977) defines guidance as a continuing process concerned with determining and providing for the developmental needs of 'learners'.
Counselling can also be defined as a face to face relationship with a counsellor and a counselee Todbar (1959).

Counselling may also be defined as a learning -oriented process which usually occurs in an interactive relationship with the aim of helping the person learn more about the self and also to be an understanding and effective member of society.

Disparities/Differences between guidance and counselling

Counselling is an accassional process while guidance is a longlife process
In counselling, there is a problem to be solved, while in guidance, there is none
In counselling, a professionally trained person is needed but in guidance, any adult of goodwill who has knowledge can guide
In counselling, the client gives himself advice or the counselee has the answer to his/her problems problems. In guidance, the counsellor advices he client.
Counselling is a healing process while guidance is an instructing process
Guidence is open or less private but counselling is confidential

Conclusion

We can therefore conclude that counselling and guidance are not the same words. counselling is more of helping a person to understand his/her problems and let him/her find solutions of his/her own. Its more of a healing process, curative or remedial while guidance is a lifelong process mostly used in the teaching/learning process that can be conducted by any person with skills or knowledge. Guidance has no problems to be solved, thus its preventive.

References

S, S. (2016, September 03). Difference Between Guidance and Counseling (with Comparison Chart). Retrieved January 07, 2017, from http://keydifferences.com/difference-between-guidance-and-counseling.html
Kisuke, C., (1995). Raising to-day's Children (Revised Edition). Nairobi Uzima Press

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