counseling
noun
coun·sel·ing
ˈkau̇n(t)-s(ə-)liŋ 
variants
or counselling
: professional guidance of the individual by utilizing psychological methods especially in collecting case history data, using various techniques of the personal interview, and testing interests and aptitudes
career counseling for high schoolers
counseling for drug addicts
Examples of counseling in a Sentence
She is receiving counseling to cope with the death of her husband.
The college offers career counseling.
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Her attorney, Jim Campbell, said Colorado is pointing to studies that lump together the kind of counseling Chiles wants to do with shock therapy and other aversive treatments that have been used in the past.
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Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
The actor then responded with a pre-planned flurry of curse words, and the following two decades were filled with couple's counseling, subtle digs and many more of Damon's attempts to sneak into Kimmel's studio.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Kaley Chiles is a licensed professional counselor who uses talk therapy in her counseling practice.
—Timothy R. Holbrook, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
Fair Opportunity Project will offer help with the CSS Profile at its one-on-one virtual counseling sessions, which are free to low-income and first-generation college students.
—jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
The actor then responded with a pre-planned flurry of curse words, and the following two decades were filled with couple's counseling, subtle digs and many more of Damon's attempts to sneak into Kimmel's studio.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Kaley Chiles is a licensed professional counselor who uses talk therapy in her counseling practice.
—Timothy R. Holbrook, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
Fair Opportunity Project will offer help with the CSS Profile at its one-on-one virtual counseling sessions, which are free to low-income and first-generation college students.
—jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for counseling
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“Counseling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/counseling. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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