What is another word for guidance counselor?

Pronunciation: [ɡˈa͡ɪdəns kˈa͡ʊnsɛlə] (IPA)

The role of a guidance counselor is to offer students support and guidance in their personal and academic growth. There are several synonyms for guidance counselor, such as academic counselor, student counselor, advisor, mentor, and coach. Academic counselor usually focuses on students' academic schedules and goals. Student counselor focuses on the emotional and social needs of students. Advisor is a person who provides guidance, advice, and direction to another person. Mentor is a trusted advisor who helps younger or less experienced individuals to achieve their goals. A coach is a professional who guides, motivates, and inspires people to enhance their performance in various areas of their lives.

What are the hypernyms for Guidance counselor?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Guidance counselor

  • I went to Amherst because my brother had gone there before me, and he went there because his guidance counselor thought that we would do better there than at a large university like Harvard.
    Joseph E. Stiglitz
  • A guidance counselor who has made a fetish of security, or who has unwittingly surrendered his thinking to economic determinism, may steer a youth away from his dream of becoming a poet, an artist, a musician or any other of thousands of things, because it offers no security, it does not pay well, there are no vacancies, it has no future.
    Henry M. Wriston

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