The Role Of Guidance Counselors In College

According to the Miriam Webster, guidance counselors are the one who helps or advice that tells you what to do. They are responsible for answering and assist any problems of students; emotionally, spiritually, personally, socially, preparations for college, career and other problems where students suffered and looking for answers. Most students are sensitive to their feelings towards on decision making, handling school activities, relationship with teachers and classmates, handling family matters and career decisions. As what Twenge wrote on his book titled “Generation Me”, we live in a time when high self-esteem is encouraged from childhood, when young people have more freedom and independence than ever, but also far more depression, anxiety, cynicism, and loneliness. Students have their freedom to do with what they want to do, but their freedom at school is limited due to the rules and needs to fulfill and finished.

The Guidance and Counseling Program of University of the Philippines provides psycho-social and academic assistance to students to enhance their academic skills, set career goals, manage healthy relationships, cope with problems, deal with adjustment difficulties and other developmental issues they face in college (https://www.upm.edu.ph). Far Eastern University guidance and counseling are an opportunity for students to understand themselves and to identify their abilities, aptitudes, interests and potentials for improvement (http://www.feu.edu.ph). Most schools, whether private or public schools provide guidance and counseling program to all students for their right