Özet:

Precautions have been taken to prevent the spread of Covid-19. The most effective precaution is social isolation. During this period in Turkey, schools were closed with many institutions for the purpose of isolation, and distance education was started. Guidance and psychological counseling services were affected by the situation. This research aimed to examine the effect of Covid-19 on guidance and psychological counseling services according to the opinions of psychological counselors. Phenomenology, which is one of the qualitative research types, maximum diversity sampling method, which of purposive sampling, were used in the research. Fifteen psychological counselors working at different grade levels participated in the research. The data collected from interviews were analyzed by content analysis. Categories-codes were determined with data obtained, in this direction, opinions of psychological counselors were examined with five headings. Within this period, services performed with the demands of Ministry were examined in 8 categories. These focused on information gathering-dissemination, program development-preparation-implementation services. Services performed outside of Ministry's demands were examined in 8 categories. These have concentrated on information gathering-dissemination, consultancy services. Problems encountered were determined in 8 categories. They focused on problems related to information gathering-dissemination and profession. Proposals of solutions to problems were examined in 5 categories. Suggestions focused on solution proposals about information gathering-dissemination and for the profession.