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COUNSELING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
Synonyms:
counsel; counseling; counselling; direction; guidance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("counseling" is a kind of...):
content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "counseling"):
guideline; road map (a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action)
career counseling (counseling on career opportunities)
cynosure (something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners))
genetic counseling (guidance for prospective parents on the likelihood of genetic disorders in their future children)
marriage counseling (counseling on marital problems and disagreements)
confidential information; hint; lead; steer; tip; wind (an indication of potential opportunity)
Derivation:
counsel (give advice to)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb counsel
Context examples:
It may mean closer health monitoring and more counseling about possible lifestyle modifications to prevent high blood pressure.
(First-time pregnancy complications linked to increased risk of hypertension later in life, National Institutes of Health)
Counseling may help you cope with your grief.
(Miscarriage, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
Treatment with medicine or counseling can help.
(Limb Loss, NIH)
Medications and counseling can help many mental disorders.
(Mental Disorders, NIH)
Minimal interventions directed at individuals that do not involve a health care provider, such as self-help and telephone counseling.
(Minimal Contact Treatment, NCI Thesaurus)
A nurse practitioner that meets the health care needs of the family by providing health assessments, direct care, and guidance, teaching, or counseling as appropriate, particularly around family self-care.
(Family Practice Nurse Practitioner, NCI Thesaurus)
Treatment involves monitoring, talk therapy, nutritional counseling, and sometimes medicines.
(Eating Disorders, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)
Grief counseling or grief therapy is also helpful to some people.
(Bereavement, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
The information should be useful in connection with counseling and screening.
(Breast Cancer, 11;22 Translocation Associated Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
The use of behavioral conditioning, counseling, and/or education to prevent or treat disease.
(Behavioral, Psychological or Informational Intervention, NCI Thesaurus)
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