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counseling

adjective as in advisory

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adjective as in conferring

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noun as in behavior modification

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noun as in suggesting

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School officials called the families of every student in the weeks after the raid, checking in on them and offering counseling and support if needed.

Elizabeth, a former spy, is grieving her husband; psychiatrist Ibrahim is counseling an ex-con; while Joyce is busy with her daughter’s wedding.

Maybe, the lawyer muses, at least that guy could have benefited from psychological counseling to become a “productive member of society.”

But the pendulum in California has shifted away from tough-on-truancy measures to alternatives such as counseling and family assistance.

I am not a theologian, nor am I trained in pastoral care or spiritual counseling.

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