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The Telegraph reports that psychologists working with the University of Bath are counselling growing numbers of young people suffering from eco-anxiety.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2019

Is this decent, pup, when greyheads are counselling together, to break in upon their discourse with the whinings of a hound!

From The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore

Aye, but says Ludovico, you don't know what they are counselling about.

From The Mysteries of Udolpho by Radcliffe, Ann Ward

The practical working-out of our principle is no more difficult than might be expected if it be remembered that we are counselling nothing revolutionary nor even novel.

From Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles by Saleeby, C. W. (Caleb Williams)

I scarcely think you know what you are counselling, my brother,” said Mr St. Cyr, gravely.

From Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)