In this article, advisory functions in adult education, training and career development are discussed within the narrative enquiry paradigm as applied in the scholarly discipline of adult education and training. The study distinguishes two logics of the counselling function: as activity based on the logic of diagnosis and as practice mobilising various forms of narrative enquiry in order to promote self-awareness and dialogical understanding. The argument is underpinned by the experience of training delivered at the Department of Education and Training Sciences of the University of Tours.