Synopsis Guidance and counseling helps a person in discovering his ‘self’, accepting and developing it. t his book explains how guidance and counseling can make a person realize his/her self. The book covers a wide spectrum of topics relating to counseling and guidance concepts, principles and types of guidance and counseling, career information and its importance, psychological tests, non-texting techniques of guidance, resources needed to make the guidance a success, successful models of guidance, and so on. The subject is treated not purely from a theoretical perspective but also with a practical orientation. Examples provide insights into various facets of the subject and guidelines to those who want to be practitioners in the field. It also includes material on emerging fields of employment, importance of self-employment, skill development in changing labour markets, specific problems of women in relation to education and employment that would prove useful for a practicing counselor. Teachers, those who have to guide and counsel their students in matters relating to education, careers and personal problems, may find the book useful. The book provides answer to the questions like ‘what to do in guidance, why and how to do’?