PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR PROFILE

Abstract

Abstract: To find out, to figure out, and to build image about professional
counselors nowadays are like to find out an unidentified needle in the straw.
The counselors may receive the approved of regulation No. 20, 2002 about
National System of Education with joy, which explained that the counselors
had been stated clearly and precisely in that regulation, and that it is equal at the
same level with other professions in education field such as classroom
teachers, course teachers, practice teachers, or others. Based on this fact, can
counselors proud of their title without any attempts to change the paradigm so
that the professional counselors deserve that title. The title of professional
counselor is not automatically attached to someone without approval from an
authorized firm or professional organization from which the institution that has
authority to produce professional counselors are determined. Credentialing is
one way to make profession parallelism and standardization for a counselor
which includes certification, license, and accreditation.
Keywords: counselors, professional, credentialing