counseling

SayKOWN-suhl-ing/ˈkaʊn.səl.ɪŋ/

Pluralcounselings

UK spellingcounselling

2 meanings of counseling

1
therapynouncountable or uncountable
Professional assistance given to someone working through personal difficulties, usually provided by a trained advisor.
He sought counseling after the accident left him struggling with anxiety.
Many couples turn to counseling when communication between them breaks down.
Similartherapy, guidance, psychotherapy
2
verb
Present participle and gerund of counsel.
The volunteer spent the summer counseling families displaced by the flood.
Counseling at-risk youth requires patience and genuine empathy.
Note
The verb form keeps the verb's habits. It takes a direct object, either the person advised (counseling families) or the course of action recommended (counseling caution, counseling patience). With be it builds the progressive (she was counseling them). As a gerund it can head a phrase that still carries its object, and that object is what separates it from the noun for professional help, which stands on its own.
His lawyer was counseling patience until the ruling came down.
Advisers are counseling caution before any new investment.

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