This is a descriptive study on the guidance counselors’ and practitioners’ skills and emotional profile in La Union, Pangasinan and Cordillera Administrative Region. It involves one hundred eleven (111 ) guidance counselors/practitioners . They are mostly young in age with some training in guidance and counseling. It was found out that the respondents lack counseling and facilitative skills and they need to improve their counseling strategies and attitudes. There was a significant relationship found between trainings attended by the respondents and emotional quotient/profile variables with the counseling characteristics, skills and strategies. It was recommended that a training program will be conceptualized to enhance the capabilities and skills of guidance counselors/practitioners.