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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Meanwhile, they are counseling clients to use the strategies while they can.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Three weeks later, COVID-19 ended her new career overnight and she moved back to Austin to pursue a master’s degree in mental-health counseling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
The latest version of the legislation includes an "industry transition framework" including potential job placement, training, career counseling, and financial compensation for those involved in the business.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Ferguson, the focus is on a Washington state law that protects access to safe state-licensed youth shelters and subsidized mental healthcare counseling.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
I would watch him, ceaselessly moving among his hundreds of charges, counseling, encouraging, finding a simpler job for the weary, a harder one for the restless.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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