Counselling is advice which a therapist or other expert gives to someone about a particular problem.
She will need medical help and counselling to overcome the tragedy.
She brought her husband in for marriage counseling.
counselling in British English
or US counseling (ˈkaʊnsəlɪŋ)
noun
guidance offered by social workers, doctors, etc, to help a person resolve social or personal problems
Examples of 'counselling' in a sentence
counselling
You registered for marital counselling...' `011... Yes... I'm sorry... Yes.
Gee, Maggie LOST CHILDREN (2002)
And please don't tell me to get marriage guidance counselling because she flatly refuses to go.
Isabel Wolff RESCUING ROSE (2002)
In other languages
counselling
British English: counselling NOUN
Counselling is advice which a therapist or other expert gives to someone about a particular problem.
She will need medical help and counselling to overcome the tragedy.
American English: counseling
Brazilian Portuguese: acompanhamento
Chinese: 咨询
European Spanish: asistencia psicológica
French: aide psychosocialeN
German: Therapie
Italian: assistenza
Japanese: カウンセリング
Korean: 상담
European Portuguese: aconselhamento
Latin American Spanish: asistencia psicológica
All related terms of 'counselling'
counsel
Counsel is advice.
counselling session
A session of a particular activity is a period of that activity.
genetic counselling
the provision of advice for couples with a history of inherited disorders who wish to have children, including the likelihood of having affected children and the course and management of the disorder, etc
marriage counselling
advice given to couples who have problems in their married life
bereavement counselling
the provision of advice for bereaved people to help them cope with their grief , sometimes given by charities and support groups
counselling appointment
If you have an appointment with someone, you have arranged to see them at a particular time, usually in connection with their work or for a serious purpose.
Chinese translation of 'counselling'
counselling
or (US) counseling
(ˈkaunsəlɪŋ)
n(u)
辅(輔)导(導) (fǔdǎo)
counsel
(ˈkaunsl)
n
(u) (= advice) 劝(勸)告 (quàngào)
(c) (= lawyer) 讼(訟)务(務)律师(師) (sòngwù lǜshī)
vt
(= advise)[person]给(給) ... 提建议(議) (gěi ... tí jiànyì)
[caution, patience]建议(議) (jiànyì)
to keep one's own counsel将(將)自己的意见(見)保密 (jiāng zìjǐ de yìjiàn bǎomì)
counsel for the defence, defence counsel辩(辯)护(護)律师(師) (biànhù lǜshī)
counsel for the prosecution, prosecuting counsel公诉(訴)律师(師) (gōngsù lǜshī)
to counsel sb to do sth (frm) 劝(勸)告某人做某事 (quàngào mǒurén zuò mǒushì)