Mentoring is a structured relationship where a mentor offers guidance, support and encouragement to help develop a mentee's competence and character. It involves sharing wisdom and opinions. Counselling helps people explore their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to gain self-understanding and learn strengths to cope with life through appropriate decision-making or actions. A mentor is a trusted friend and guide while counselling aims to help individuals through personal exploration.

1. BY-FREDRIC M OSORO
counselling psychologist
KENYA INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS AND
COUNSELLING STUDIES(KIBCo)
0717268348

2. DEFINITION OF TERMS
• Mentor
• Mentoring
• Counselling

3. What is mentoring?
A mentor is a wise and trusted friend and guide.
Mentoring is a structured and trusting relationship that
brings people together with caring individuals who offer
guidance, support and encouragement aimed at
developing the competence and character of the
mentee.

4. • It is the giving of values and personal opinions
whether solicited or not to individuals or
groups, often based on the givers value.
Advice Giving

5. counselling
• Counseling is a way of relating and responding to
another person, so that the person is helped to
explore her thoughts, feelings and behavior so as
to reach a clearer self-understanding and then is
helped to find and use her strengths so that he or
she copes more effectively with life by making
appropriate decisions or taking relevant action