Guidance Responsibility and Its Relationship to Coping Strategies for Educational Counselors.

The current research aimed to measure counseling responsibility and its relationship to coping strategies among educational counselors, and to identify the correlation between counseling responsibility and coping strategies among educational counselors. To achieve this, the researcher prepared a counseling responsibility scale based on Carl Rogers' theory (Rogers, 1961), consisting of (30) items. He also adopted the Coping Strategies Scale by Carver et al. (1989), which consists of (60) items distributed equally among (4) main strategies, each of which includes (15) sub-strategies, and each sub-strategy includes (4) items.The two scales were applied to the primary research sample of (300) male and female counselors in morning government schools (elementary, intermediate, and preparatory) affiliated with the General Directorate of Education in Anbar Governorate for the academic year (2025-2026). The data were analyzed using appropriate statistical methods, and the results revealed the following:- Educational counselors possess above-average guidance responsibilities.- Educational counselors use above-average coping strategies, with the exception of the avoidance strategy.-There is a positive, direct relationship between guidance responsibilities and coping strategies, with the exception of the avoidance strategy, among educational counselors.Based on the research findings, the researcher made a number of recommendations and proposals.