Basic assumptions on European guidance counsellor qualification standards

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Several European organizations acknowledge the importance of the work of guidance counsellors and raise the issue of their training and professional development. It is urgent to standardise the training of European guidance counsellors so that they can adequately meet the demands of their clients, who in spite of the differences among their countries, face similar problems regarding education and training. This  article  addresses  the  state  of  the  art,  insisting  on  the  points  of  convergence  and  divergence among the different sets of European qualification standards for guidance counsellors, and presents the contents of some training modules to deliver these standards. It concludes with some suggestions to consolidate and harmonise these standards, especially in relation to post-graduate training, and ethical standards.