Consultation or Counseling?

Authors

  • Nuria Pérez-Escoda Universidad de Barcelona
  • Rafael Bisquerra Alzina Universidad de Barcelona

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5944/reop.vol.24.num.3.2013.11243

Keywords:

consultation, counseling, collaborative consultation, guidance, counseling models

Abstract

ABSTRACT

In Spanish language there are two words used in the same sense in the educational guidance field: “Asesoramiento” and consultation are two words used in same sense. This paper has the intention to bring arguments for the correct use of each one of them. The term consultation has a long history in educational guidance. It begins in the sixties and over time has became the basic model in educational guidance. The term and concept responds to collaborative consulting. However, in the language of most practitioners of guidance and counseling in Spain use “asesoramiento” to refer to the same concept. This double terminology sometimes causes hesitation, and authors use the two of them indistinctly to avoid confusion (“consulta”-“asesoramiento” in Spanish), which is a clear reflection of the imprecision of terminology used. This paper analyzes the status quaestionis using a questionnaire applied to 228 specialists. The evidence is that in specialized literature the term used is consultation; nevertheless the professionals in Spain mainly use "asesoramiento". This evidence may help to take decisions.

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Pérez-Escoda, N., & Bisquerra Alzina, R. (2014). Consultation or Counseling?. REOP - Revista Española De Orientación Y Psicopedagogía, 24(3), 27–42. https://doi.org/10.5944/reop.vol.24.num.3.2013.11243

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