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# counselling

noun (counselling, uncountable); US spelling counseling; verb counsel

«counselling» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Help and advice from a trained person who listens to someone with problems or worries and helps them think things through. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counselling/#m1)
2. Advice in general (formal). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counselling/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and school, children may get counselling after a hard time like a family break-up, bullying or the death of someone close. Many schools have a counsellor. Phrases: "go to counselling", "school counselling", "grief counselling", "marriage counselling".

### Examples

- After Grandad died, I had some counselling at school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counselling/#x1)
- Counselling helped her feel less worried. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counselling/#x2)
- The school counsellor listens and keeps things private. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counselling/#x3)
- Mum and Dad went to counselling to talk things through. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counselling/#x4)
- There is free counselling for children on helplines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counselling/#x5)
- Counselling is a safe place to talk about feelings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counselling/#x6)

### Note

British spelling: counselling (double l); American: counseling. Uncountable. Do not confuse with "council" (a group that runs a town) or "councillor". Going to counselling is normal and brave, not a sign of being weak.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «counselling» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counselling/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«counselling» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/counselling.html) on Mova free.