counselling

VERB

give advice

Synonyms

STRONG

admonish advise advocate caution charge confab direct enjoin exhort guide huddle inform instruct kibitz order prescribe prompt recommend reprehend steer suggest teach tip tout urge warn

WEAK

give pointer give two cents keep posted put bug in ear put heads together put on to show the ropes tip off wise one up

Antonyms

STRONG

approve conceal discourage dissuade hide learn misguide mislead neglect prevent

Example Sentences

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He claims the recording was due to a glitch on the phone but the court heard he'd previously recorded a private counselling session of his former partner.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

In 2023 the woman said police told her that recordings had been made of her counselling that had been found on Stephen McCullagh's computer.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

She believed that they, without formal counselling, provided each other with the emotional support to get through the disaster, maintaining a close bond for life.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

"It's not the church that's helping to fund my counselling sessions, it's a bunch of ex-church members," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

She affected the greatest solicitude for Viviana—felt her pulse—looked at the bandages fastened round her swollen and crippled fingers, and concluded by counselling her not to persist in refusing to speak.

From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison