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counselling

British  
/ ˈkaʊnsəlɪŋ /

noun

  1. guidance offered by social workers, doctors, etc, to help a person resolve social or personal problems

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"Counselling sessions at Echo helped Darshan confront what he had done, but also examine why he had done it," Fr Sebastian says.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

The "burst of fresh air" from just sitting outside with a morning cup of coffee is really good for us, says Eden Oz, a therapeutic counsellor at Bond Counselling.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025

Counselling services will be made available on site.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2024

Counselling and therapy qualifications are also more widespread than life coaching, with services accessible via the NHS in the UK – a provision that does not extend to coaching.

From The Guardian • Jul. 31, 2019

To avoyd which mistakes, and render to those termes of Commanding, Counselling, and Exhorting, their proper and distinct significations, I define them thus.

From Leviathan by Hobbes, Thomas