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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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Schools “kind of push them along,” said Gunter, athletic director and former guidance counselor at Amos P. Godby High in Tallahassee.

From The Wall Street Journal May 10, 2026

It was answered immediately by the season’s opening episode, “Sermon on the Mount,” in which Jesus has become the guidance counselor at South Park Elementary, unwillingly.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 15, 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

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

Then, I started screaming at the guidance counselor that Michael could have talked to me.

From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky

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