Guidance and counselling

What you study, where to study it, the jobs it leads to, and honest pros and cons of a guidance and counselling degree in Nigeria, now that it’s regulated.

The five ethical principles of counselling, what confidentiality and boundaries mean, the warning signs, and what to do in Nigeria if something feels wrong.

The goals of counselling: understanding yourself, coping, deciding, changing, relating better. Who sets them, how to word a useful goal, and why it matters.

The stages of group counselling explained: Corey’s initial, transition, working and final stages, Tuckman’s forming to adjourning, and what members can expect.

Where counselling and therapy jobs are in Nigeria, from schools and NGOs to companies and online platforms, and what employers ask for, including the law.

Too few counsellors, other duties, no funds or rooms, little training: the problems Nigerian studies have found in school counselling, and what helps.

The listening skills every counsellor uses, and the main techniques from person-centred, CBT and solution-focused work, with real examples of how they sound.

Why guidance and counselling matters: better subject and career choices, early help with personal problems, and a route to specialist care. With the evidence.

CASSON is Nigeria’s main counselling association. Its membership tiers, the CCN and LPCN credentials, how to register, and how it links to CPCN registration.

From 1959 career talks in Ibadan to CASSON, university departments and a 2022 Act: how guidance and counselling grew in Nigeria, and where it stands now.

Guidance helps you make choices; counselling helps you work through problems. What each means, how they differ, the types of guidance and its Nigerian roots.

Counsellor, clinical psychologist, social worker or psychiatrist: the degrees, supervised practice and registration each route needs in Nigeria, explained.

Counsellors now register with a statutory council, psychiatrists with the MDCN and psychologists with associations. Each path in Nigeria, plus CPD.

Non-directive counselling lets you lead while the counsellor listens and reflects. Its history, an example, and how it differs from directive counselling.

Individual, couples, family, group, career, school, addiction, grief and more: what each type of counselling is for, how it works and where to start.

Counselling and therapy overlap more than they differ. What each means in Nigeria, who may call themselves a counsellor by law, and how to choose.