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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.