We all are benefiting from our new need to communicate more closely. As teachers have made a commitment to educating youth, professional school counselors have chosen to establish their practice in the school setting. The true counseling issues and techniques are the same at school or in private practice, but the guidance role included in the school counselor job description requires collaboration. All adults on a school campus have chosen children as their life s work. The memories we all have of our own schooling are memories of the people who were in the school.
Kids come to our schools, grow up a bit, and move on.
The adults remain. The time for mystery jobs is gone. You will notice, however, confidentiality in the counseling relationship is still in force. The privacy act has clarified many of the confidentiality issues school counselors used to face. Those who need individual assistance will always have an opportunity to see a professional school counselor.