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Trauma psychologist Gayle Sturrock, who has counselled hundreds of ballet dancers, said: "If you're told you're not good enough, you're useless, constantly… that gets hard-wired in."

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2023

Since then, he has counselled other athletes on coming out, including a few footballers.

From The Guardian • Jun. 8, 2020

Ivanka has counselled Trump on his rhetoric and his policy choices, and Jared was instrumental in the running-mate selection.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 15, 2016

He has counselled diplomats after embassies were bombed, and families who have lost loved ones to bushfires and floods.

From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2016

They will cling to their objects long after the intellect has counselled otherwise.

From The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources by MacDonald, Daniel J.