ABSTRACT
Over time the term counseling has been used and studied from different approaches and defined in different ways according to the researches and the field of study. As a huge concept, it covers three main areas: personal, educational, and vocational area; therefore, we have different definitions of counseling. At the educational level, there has been confusion about the role and importance of school counseling for a long time, where for some researches it was defined and studied as part of school Guidance program and addressed to other school staff, minimizing the role of a counselor. On the other hand, other approaches tend to use and understand school counseling as synonymous with Guidance meanwhile others view it as a profession that is part of psychological and psychotherapeutic nature. Nowadays, counseling as a profession is more emphasized and school counseling takes its place at all educational levels. Today school counseling is a need and necessary in every level of education taking into consideration the role and importance that has on the educational process and school program overall.