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counselor

[kaun-suh-ler] / ˈkaʊn sə lər /


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“Students who connect with a counselor early are far more likely to finish, and our counselors are stretched too thin to reach everyone who needs them,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

There are three words that will likely make this talk go away, says Brandon Smith, a counselor known as the The Workplace Therapist: “I trust you.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Patrece M. Lucas, a mental health counselor in Detroit, watched Coxon’s interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Tuesday and texted a link to the segment to her group chats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Nora explains to the counselor running a workplace mental health seminar that the Greeks viewed anger as a kind of insanity, but with different diagnostic profiles.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

The guidance counselor increased the frequency of the boy’s tutoring sessions to three times a week, which, mathematically speaking, cubed the boy’s anger.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

Normally, when a death occurs inside a cellblock, facility executives dispatch clergy, rehabilitation coordinators, and mental health counselors to conduct psychological welfare checks.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Noninstructional staff like counselors, social workers, school nurses and administrators accounted for nearly all of the spending growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

The teachers union contract approved in June adds more than 450 new positions, including attendance counselors, psychiatric social workers, school psychologists, and other counselors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

The moves will likely increase applications, potentially making admissions more cutthroat, college counselors say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

He said the camp director and several of the counselors went looking for the hearing aid in the morning while we all went swimming in the lake, but they couldn’t find it anywhere.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio




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