School Counseling

School counseling

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counseling Today

Founded in 2001, Counseling Today's vision is to empower school counselors to advocate for their students through their Comprehensive School Counselor Programs by providing them with the knowledge, skills, and resources to expand their capabilities and influence. We believe that school counselors provide solutions that result in increased student success in the home, the school, the community and the world.


The mission of Counseling Today is to improve the quality of the school culture and climate and foster a genuine belief in success for all students by providing professional development and training. We provide services and materials that are designed to help counselors, teachers, parents and the community reach the whole child.


Creating a School Community Where ALL Students Can Thrive

School Counselor = Mental Health Professional for the School

School Counselors remove obstacles and create opportunities for academic success, thus making a dramatic impact on student achievement.

Why school counseling?

Today's School Counselor

From the ASCA Counselor Association:

ASCA's Careers/Roles Page responds to the question, "What does a Counselor do?" and contains a wealth of information on the roles of school counselors, how to become a school counselor, promoting your school counseling program, research on the effectiveness of school counseling and more.

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    The School Counselor as a Mental Health Professional

    The community accepts that:

    • The Marriage and Family Counselor is the Mental Health Professional that counsels troubled marriages and family
    • The Addictions Counselor is the Mental Health Professional that counsels individuals addicted to drugs and/or alcohol
    • The Pain Counselor is the Mental Health Professional that counsels individuals in pain.
    • The Child and Adolescent Counselor is the Mental Health Professional who counsels children and adolescents who need support.

    Yet, the school counselor seems to be seen as simply another administrator in the school. School Counselors receive unique preparation to prepare them to be a counselor, and they bring this unique set of skills to schools! Just as the above the groups, school counselors are the mental health professional who counsels individuals within the school.


    School Counselors are specifically trained to work within the school setting and coordinate services with teachers and outside providers.

Defining the School Counselor

The School Counselor role and the services defined by the role are defined as:

  • Mental Health
  • Leadership
  • Advocacy
  • Collaboration
  • Systemic Change

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We need to bring a Comprehensive School Counseling Program into fruition within every school so that school counselors are seen as the mental health professionals that they are. Continuing to advocate for the role takes perseverance, yet we persist because we know that our students do better when they have advocates such as us on their side. We must continue to educate our communities on our roles and the mental health support that our students need. Until each member of our community can identify the school counselor as the mental health professional in the schools just as they identify the community or clinical counselor as the mental health professional in the community, our job of educating the public continues.

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    Addressing Mental Health is Crucial to Student Achievement


    The charge of teaching the essential skills curriculum that teaches the soft skills and characteristics that are critical to academic and career success falls to the School Counselor within the Comprehensive School Counselor Program (CSCP). It is the School Counselor's role to provide counseling for personal/social skills so that students can learn and reach their academic potential and thus their career goals.

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