The aim of Guidance and Counselling in Coachford College is to provide for the personal and social, educational and vocational development and needs of the students.

 The main elements of this service include Personal/Social guidance and counselling; Educational Guidance and Counselling and Career Guidance and Counselling.

 Personal Counselling  facilitates students who are experiencing difficulties or crisis in their lives of safe, secure and confidential environment is available for any student who wishes to avail of it.

 Educational Guidance , beings on the student's entry to Coachford College. It includes assistance in the areas of subject choice, coping with the transition to second level, organisational and study skills. This service is available to all junior cycle students on an individual basis, on request. Particular attention is given to those students who are identified as being "at risk" academically, socially or in other ways.Career Guidance:classes are given to all senior cycle students. 

 Career Guidance is seen as a process not an event. Students are encouraged to develop greater self-awareness, to identify their broad range of skills, abilities, interests, values and subsequently the career areas which best compliments them and will enable them to flourish. The career guidance service provides individual appointments for all students, career information, personality profiles, aptitude and interest tests, college-visits, guest speakers and consultation with parents. The underlying aim is to facilitate all our students in the process of making good career choices.