counselling

  • 1counselling — coun‧sel‧ling [ˈkaʊnslɪŋ] , counseling noun [uncountable] the process of listening to someone who has a problem and giving them professional advice: • All staff who are made redundant receive free employment counselling. * * * counselling UK US… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 2counselling — Individuals are required to take counselling from trustees or administrators when they file for bankruptcy or make consumer proposals. If they do not take counselling they may not be discharged from bankruptcy or have their consumer proposal… …

    Glossary of Bankruptcy

  • 3counselling — index advisory Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 4counselling — (BrE) (AmE counseling) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ group, individual ▪ professional ▪ couples (esp. AmE), marital (esp. AmE), marriage (esp. AmE) …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 5counselling — coun|sel|ling BrE counseling AmE [ˈkaunsəlıŋ] n [U] advice and support given by a counsellor to someone with problems, usually after talking to them ▪ advice and counselling for people with disabilities group/bereavement/debt etc counselling ▪ a… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 6counselling — [[t]ka͟ʊnsəlɪŋ[/t]] N UNCOUNT 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… …

    English dictionary

  • 7counselling */*/ — UK [ˈkaʊns(ə)lɪŋ] / US [ˈkaʊnsəlɪŋ] noun [uncountable] advice and help that you give someone with their problems, especially as your job She was offered counselling after the attack. debt counselling …

    English dictionary

  • 8counselling — / kaυnsəlɪŋ/ noun the act of giving professional advice to others on personal matters ● An office is being set up for counselling employees who have professional or social problems. ● Counselling helps employees get accustomed to their new… …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 9Counselling — Counsel Coun sel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Counseled} ( s[e^]ld) or {Counselled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Counseling} or {Counselling}.] [OE. conseilen, counseilen, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliari, fr. consilium counsel.] 1. To give advice to; to advice,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 10counselling — n. 1. a method of approaching psychological difficulties in adjustment that aims to help the client work out his own problems. The counsellor listens sympathetically, attempting to identify with the client, tries to clarify current problems, and… …

    Medical dictionary