career counseling vs counseling

career counseling and counseling both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
career counseling	Yes	No	No	No
counseling	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, counseling is a hypernym of career counseling; that is, counseling is a word with a broader meaning than career counseling:

career counseling: counseling on career opportunities
counseling: something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action

Other hypernyms of career counseling include counsel, counselling, direction, guidance.

career counseling (noun)	counseling (noun)
counseling on career opportunities	something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action