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guidance counselor

American  
[gahyd-uhns kaun-suh-ler] / ˈgaɪd əns ˈkaʊn sə lər /

noun

guidance counselors plural
  1. a person working in a school whose job is to assist students with academic and personal issues and decisions.


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Gainer credits his junior-high-school guidance counselor for urging him to apply to Manhattan’s High School of Art and Design, after she saw his portfolio, which included paintings of automobiles and clowns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

At the time, Mr. Prescott was jokingly referred to as the political equivalent of a marriage guidance counselor.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2024

Gloria Barker, a retired school guidance counselor in her 70s in the Atlanta suburb of Marietta, started knocking on doors for Republicans for the first time when she joined in June.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2024

When she was getting ready to graduate high school, her guidance counselor told her, you have to get out there.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2024

At the beginning it's the nurse, my teachers, the guidance counselor, and the people who run the school.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

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