Abstract
We have been working for a long time in the field of educational counseling in educationalinstitutions and schools, as school counselors, as supervisors for school counselors, and as consultantsto school counseling situations. In the past 5 years in Japan, since the Ministry of Education establisheda system of school counselors, the new counseling system has been used effectively and broadly. Webelieve that such a system is very useful for teachers and students. In the present paper, the effectivenessof school counseling and its better practices are descussed from the point of view of school teachers, school psychologists, and clinical counselors. On the basis of this discussion, we propose that the bestway to use school counselors is to integrate psychological and educational assistance. This method provides the best support for students' psychological development.
