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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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The Spanish Red Cross has deployed emergency support services to the scene, while also offering counselling to families nearby.

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He attributes this to the focus Echo places on running vocational training programmes like dairy and poultry farming, and hotel management, as well as offering regular counselling sessions.

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Under the guidance set out in a new Victim Information Request Code of Practice, police requests for counselling notes must meet strict criteria of being necessary, proportionate, and relevant.

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Ten years ago they established a counselling facility in Hamilton called the Manda Centre, the family's nickname for Amanda.

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He was referred to the South Yorkshire youth homelessness charity Roundabout, which assigned him a flat - in which he still lives - and gave him access to a counselling service.

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