Saung Guru

Abstrak
Professional performance orientation is inseparable from the past, current, and future development of a professional life. It is therefore not only necessary to focus on practicality and support system, but also on aspects which enable a counselor’s profession to be better than other professions. In regard to evaluation and development of counseling profession, this article is an attempt to review various factors closely related to opportunities and threats of communication and information technology age; understanding of life skills and lifelong education; various needs for counseling services; developmental and ecological counseling as a demand; and counseling professionalism and de-professionalism. The review of those factors is concluded with skill and ethical implications for a counselor in order to provide a clear picture of counseling profession.