Chapter eleven illustrates how the counseling profession began and its history, and how it has continued to improve and how it has revolutionized to its current status. Although there has been a lot of questions and significant ground work, counseling is now given the proper recognition and acceptance as a true form of treatment where talking has helped and made a difference as a form of treatment for emotional problems. During the early times, counseling professionals were not always viewed as counselors but rather perceived as teachers and social advocates. Many of the areas of focus involved education, employment, guidance and child welfare. There were many pioneers and visionaries that played a very important role in the development of
