Education, not only about learning but also about student development. The student development is counseling; a science that helps people to overcome problems and promote own potential (growth and development) for the better One of the attitudes required in building a civilization in globalization era is moderation. Boarding school applied  moderate mindset, which is known as fikrah tawassuthiyyah; tawazun (balanced) and i'tidal (moderate).This paper describes the values of pesantren that can be absorbed in counseling techniques to change behavior. The research method use a qualitative approach type-hermeneutic ethnography. The data comes from documents and fieldnotes. The data analysis is data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing.The results, the values that can be adapted is "at-tawazun" (balance). Balancing between external and internal, punishment and counseling, interaction student-teacher (counselor-counselee), and the other equilibrium values. At-tawazun accordance with the paradigm of thinking, social attitudes, and pondok pesantren.