Post 2: The Rewards and Challenges

I believe that Guidance Counselors face many challenges, but the one that would be overwhelming to me if I were in that role, would be the number of students that I would be responsible for. Guidance counselors are responsible for all the students in the school and I would imagine that would be a huge challenge. I believe dealing with the different psychological aspects of the job would be difficult and stressful. It would be very hard to leave work at work.

I think that the role of Guidance Counselor would also be very rewarding. You would be able to see the changes in students as they learned how to deal and cope with the different life changes, using the tools that you suggested to them. You would also have the opportunity, just like teachers, to see students succeed in many different aspects of life, (career, post-secondary education, and family,) as a direct result of your impact on their life. That in itself would make all the stress worth it.