Guidance and counseling are twin concepts that have become essential parts of education. Guidance aims to direct students and is broader, preventative, and developmental, while counseling is a specialized service that is narrow, curative, and therapeutic. Guidance can be provided by teachers and parents and deals with intellectual and career issues. Counseling requires specially trained professionals, addresses emotional issues, and helps individuals through problems they could not otherwise solve alone. The document outlines the key differences between guidance, which helps students along, and counseling, which provides more intervention to help individuals through issues.