Counselor or counsellor may refer to:

A professional

In diplomacy and government

Counsellor of State Counsellors of State are senior members of the British royal family to whom the monarch can delegate royal functions through letters patent under the Great Seal, to prevent delay or difficulty in the dispatch of public business in the case ...

, senior member of the British royal family to whom the Monarch can delegate some functions in case of unavailability *

Counselor (diplomat) Diplomatic rank is a system of professional and social rank used in the world of diplomacy and international relations. A diplomat's rank determines many ceremonial details, such as the order of precedence at official processions, table seating ...

, a high-ranking diplomat *

Counselor of the United States Department of State The counselor of the United States Department of State is a position within the United States Department of State that serves the secretary of state as a special advisor and consultant on major problems of foreign policy and who provides guidanc ...

, confidential adviser to the U.S. Secretary of State * Navy Counselor in the United States Navy *

State Counsellor of Myanmar The State Counsellor of Myanmar () was the ''de facto'' head of government of Myanmar, equivalent to a prime minister, from 2016 to 2021. The office was created in 2016 after Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won the 2015 Myanmar ...

, former de facto head of government of Myanmar

In education and social work

Camp counselor A summer camp, also known as a sleepaway camp or residential camp, is a supervised overnight program for children conducted during the summer vacation from school in many countries. Children and adolescents who attend summer residential camps ...

, or "cabin leader", adult supervisor in summer camps ** Counselor-in-Training, training program for camp counselors * School counselor, also "guidance counselor" or "educational counselor"

Elsewhere

Credit counseling Credit counseling (known in the United Kingdom as debt counseling) is a process used to help individual debtors overcome their debt through financial education, budgeting, debt management plans (DMPs) – known in the United Kingdom as the indiv ...

professional help in the US, "debt counsellor" in the UK * Counselor at law, used interchangeably with "lawyer" **

Counsel A counsel or a counsellor at law is a person who gives advice and deals with various issues, particularly in legal matters. It is a title often used interchangeably with the title of ''lawyer''. The word ''counsel'' can also mean advice given ...

, lawyer in certain jurisdictions *

Mental health counselor A mental health counselor (MHC), or counselor (counsellor in British English), is a person who works with individuals and groups to promote optimum mental and emotional health. Such persons may help individuals deal with issues associated with add ...

Licensed professional counselor Licensed professional counselor (LPC) is a licensure for mental health professionals in some countries. In the US, licensed professional counselors (or in some states, "licensed clinical mental health counselors" or "licensed clinical professio ...

** Grief counselor

Arts, entertainment, literature, media

* ''Counselor'', a magazine published by the

Advertising Specialty Institute The Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI) is a for-profit organization serving the advertising specialty industry, (which mainly creates and distributes promotional products). Members of ASI include both manufacturers and suppliers of promotio ...

* "Counselor", a song by In Fear and Faith from the album, '' Imperial'' * "

Marriage Guidance Counsellor The Marriage Guidance Counsellor sketch is from the second ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'' episode, "Sex and Violence", first broadcast late on Sunday, 12 October 1969. Written by Eric Idle, it was also featured in the 1971 spinoff film '' An ...

", a Monty Python sketch * ''

The Counselor ''The Counselor'' (known as ''The Counsellor'' in countries that use British English) is a 2013 crime thriller film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Cormac McCarthy. It stars Michael Fassbender as the eponymous Counselor as well as Pen ...

'', a 2013 American crime thriller film * ''

De optimo senatore ''De optimo senatore'' (also ''The Counsellor'' and ''The Accomplished Senator'') was a book written by Wawrzyniec Goślicki (known in Latin as Goslicius), The book was first published in Venice in 1568, later republished in Basel (1593), and the ...

'' (; also known as "The Counsellor"), a 1568 book

Others

Counselor (role variant) The Keirsey Temperament Sorter (KTS) is a self-assessed personality questionnaire. It was first introduced in the book ''Please Understand Me''. The KTS is closely associated with the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI); however, there are signifi ...

, a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality type *

Institution of the Counsellors The Institution of the Counsellors () is the current appointed branch in the administrative system of the Baháʼí Faith. It consists of the 9 International Counsellors of the International Teaching Centre, the 90 Continental Counsellors, their ...