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marriage guidance

British  

noun

    1. advice given to couples who have problems in their married life

    2. ( as modifier )

      a marriage-guidance counsellor

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At the time, Mr. Prescott was jokingly referred to as the political equivalent of a marriage guidance counselor.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2024

"We met up with her on all sorts of occasions, she was a lovely person. She was terrific and did such a lot. She also did her marriage guidance and was terribly good at that."

From BBC • May 17, 2020

In a lot of ways our marriage is better than it was, which seems like a crazy thing to say but we spent months going to marriage guidance.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2018

Tam is shocked by his behaviour, becomes teetotal and qualifies as an alcohol and marriage guidance officer.

From The Guardian • Jul. 10, 2010

Later, a PhD. in sociology for David and a Masters degree with a thesis on Christian marriage for Vera, moved them into full time marriage guidance work.

From Marriage Enrichment Retreats Story of a Quaker Project by Mace, D. R. (David Robert)