What are the differences between 'guidance' and 'counseling'?

Counseling tends to be given by someone with advanced training (i.e. a Medical Doctor). Guidance is given by someone else.
Guidance... simply helping person to chose one way or solution.. counseling is changing entire perspective of person, to get a solution all by himself/herself.
1) Guidance is for people who have trouble getting along with others. Counselling is for people who have psychological problems.

2) Guidance is only at schools/colleges. You go to a psychiatrist, psychologist, or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) when you need counseling, which is not only at a school.

3) If you are going to be a psychiatrist, psychologist, or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), you are going to have to take more classes in child growth than guidance, but not by much.

4) Guidance is not for mentally ill people.

5) People get in trouble for harassing others at guidance. At counseling, it is just help for a problem, which usually doesn't have to do with harassing people.

Both Guidance and Counseling are process used to solve problems of life. The basic difference is in the approach. In the process of guidance, the client's problems are listened carefully and readymade solutions are provided by the expert where as in the process of counseling the client's problems are discussed and relevant information are provided in-between. In the end of the counseling process, the client himself/herself have a insight to the problem and he/she become empowered to take own decision.

Since readymade solutions (taking decision for others) were provided in guidance, the client may or may not follow it but most often decision taken in the process of counseling are followed sincerely. The set of decisions comes out from guidance and counseling process may be same but in the first process the decision is taken by the guide where as the client take own his/her own decisions in the later process.

Both Guidance and Counseling are process used to solve problems of life. The basic difference is in the approach. In the process of guidance, the client's problems are listened carefully and readymade solutions are provided by the expert where as in the process of counseling the client's problems are discussed and relevant information are provided in-between. In the end of the counseling process, the client himself/herself have a insight to the problem and he/she become empowered to take own decision.

Since readymade solutions (taking decision for others) were provided in guidance, the client may or may not follow it but most often decision taken in the process of counseling are followed sincerely. The set of decisions comes out from guidance and counseling process may be same but in the first process the decision is taken by the guide where as the client take own his/her own decisions in the later process.