counseling
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of counseling
Explanation
When you go for counseling, you're getting advice to help you make a decision or figure out what to do. Before getting married, you and your intended may see your minister for counseling about how to have a happy marriage. Usually counseling takes the form of talking with someone who has experience or training in specific areas where you need help. For example, if you need financial counseling, you'll find an expert in managing money. People who go to therapy with a psychologist or psychiatrist, to get help with whatever is bothering them, may also refer to that therapy as counseling. Counseling comes from the Latin root consilium, meaning "advice."
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Example Sentences
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But for now, Chris and Diarra are in counseling.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Parents and children received dietary counseling and nutrition education from the time the children were 7 months old through early adulthood.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Recipients must incorporate reproductive goals counseling as a core component of program implementation,” the new guidelines read.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
She tried everything—an inpatient eating-disorder program, antidepressants, psychiatry, nutrition counseling and group therapy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Within a few days, we had an informal online counseling service under way, trying to send kids who seemed to be in serious trouble to sympathetic parents or professionals.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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