The paper is based on action research with the aim to improve the own practice and tests the language learning counseling in connection with a reading comprehension course for refugees. Here, language learning counseling is offered online in parallel with the course so that individual appointments can be scheduled entirely according to learners' time. The focus is on implementing learning diaries and consultation meetings for language counseling. In particular, the aim was to find out how to encourage learners to recognize their existing potential in order to achieve their learning goals and to learn autonomously. In this sense, learners design their learning process with the help of learning counseling, planning and reflecting on their own learning process. The concept proposed in this study could be a suggestion to offer language learning consultancy in language courses in order to promote autonomous learning.