counseling
Other forms: counselings
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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something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
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synonyms:
counsel, counselling, direction, guidance
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types:
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guideline, road map
a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action
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career counseling
counseling on career opportunities
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cynosure
something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners)
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genetic counseling
guidance for prospective parents on the likelihood of genetic disorders in their future children
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marriage counseling
counseling on marital problems and disagreements
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confidential information, hint, lead, steer, tip, wind
an indication of potential opportunity
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type of:
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content, message, subject matter, substance
what a communication that is about something is about
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Vocabulary lists containing counseling
This list focuses on managing communication (Part 4, Chapter 15). Here are links to all the chapters in Part 4, Leading: Chapter 13, Chapter 14, Chapter 15 Here are links to all the parts of the textbook published by South-Western Cengage Learning: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
In this novel, twelve-year-old Jack tries to understand the troubled life of his new foster brother, Joseph.
A summer job in a beach town turns into a nightmare for a teenage boy and his friends when they are swept out to sea in a stolen boat.
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