Guidance counselor

Guidance counselor
Classification:	Occupation
Associated franchises:	Buffyverse The Walking Dead
Associated programs:	Buffy the Vampire Slayer Fear the Walking Dead Teen Wolf
Character examples:	Buffy Summers; Madison Clark; Marin Morell; Tamora Monroe
Related articles:	School principal; Student; Teacher

A guidance counselor is an employee of a high school who offers consultation to students on a variety of subjects. In most cases, this involve course selection and future career advice, but they may also serve as a sort of bartender without a bar - keeping a close ear to students with personal problems, such as peer pressure, substance abuse, etc.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

In 2003, Buffy Summers returned to her old alma mater, Sunnydale High, at the behest of school principal Robin Wood. Wood hired her as a guidance counselor, despite the fact that she had no training or experience in such a position, but he recognized that the student body responded well to her, and would be more willing to confide in her than in someone else.

Though her time at Sunnydale High in this function was brief (owing largely to the entire town being swallowed inside of a Hellmouth), Buffy used this as an opportunity to keep an eye on her younger sister, Dawn, as well as other potential Slayers who attended the school.

Fear the Walking Dead

Madison Clark worked as a guidance counselor at Paul R. Williams High School in the El Sereno area of Los Angeles, California. Madison's priorities took a rather drastic turn as she found that the recently deceased had been returning to life and wreaking havoc in the city as flesh-eating zombies. She returned to the school at the onset of the zombie apocalypse where she helped a student named Tobias get out of the school.

Teen Wolf

Ms. Morell was a guidance counselor at Beacon Hills High School in California. Additionally, she was also a confidante of veterinarian Doctor Alan Deaton. Lydia Martin was sent to the guidance counselor's office after suffering from some rather harrowing experiences, as well as being missing for several days. Lydia was very defensive, questioning Ms. Morell's qualifications and even her heritage.

Lydia later returned to Ms. Morell's office where she was administered a Rorscach test. Lydia saw only images of the deceased Peter Hale.

Ms. Morell later visited the Beacon Hills Animal Clinic where she consulted with Doctor Deaton about an unspecified event looming in the near future. She asked him if Scott and the other kids were prepared for what is to come. Deaton explained that they already had enough to worry about.

Stiles Stilinsky was later sent to Ms. Morell's office following an attack by teen stalker and fellow student, Matt. Stiles was very disturbed by the incident and they spoke about Matt's drowning. Stiles took note of the fact that Ms. Morell did not take any notes during their session.

Ms. Morell later visited Doctor Deaton again and noticed that he was gearing up for something big - the arrival of a werewolf pack comprised totally of Alphas. Morell asked him if he was coming out of retirement. Deaton smiled and told her that he never retired to begin with.

Characters

Character	Source
Buffy Summers	Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Madison Clark	Fear the Walking Dead
Marin Morell	Teen Wolf
Rendell Locke	Locke & Key
Tamora Monroe	Teen Wolf

Appearances

Comics

• Locke & Key 1 - Rendell Locke