counseling
Professional emotional support
Counseling is professional guidance for personal, psychological, or vocational problems.
A counselor helps clients work through difficulties—marriage troubles, career decisions, grief, addiction.
The term covers various approaches: marriage counseling, grief counseling, career counseling.
In American English, counseling; in British, counselling.
Distinguished from therapy mainly by being shorter-term and more focused on specific issues rather than deep psychological exploration.
To uphold or sustain
- empathySharing another's emotions
- listeningAttending to sound
- comfortEase or soothing relief
- validationConfirming truth or accuracy
encouragement · trust · rapport · acceptance · understanding · reassurance · nonjudgmental · confidentiality
Treatment through guided conversation
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- therapistMental health practitioner
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- clientOne who hires professionals
treatment · diagnosis · intervention · assessment · cognitive · behavioral · psychodynamic · transference
Guidance on decisions
- directionWay something faces
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
- recommendationAdvised course of action
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
career · academic · vocational · college · educational · planning · roadmap · strategy
Prolonged low state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
addiction · disorder · recovery · wellness · mindfulness · coping · bipolar · PTSD
Progress toward maturity
- self-improvementEnhancing oneself deliberately
- transformationThorough change in form
- progressMovement toward improvement
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
self-awareness · actualization · potential · insight · reflection · introspection · healing · renewal
support
To uphold or sustain
validation · encouragement · trust · rapport · acceptance · understanding · reassurance · nonjudgmental · confidentiality · safety
psychotherapy
Treatment through guided conversation
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- therapistMental health practitioner
- sessionScheduled time for activity
client · treatment · diagnosis · intervention · assessment · cognitive · behavioral · psychodynamic · transference · countertransference
advice
Guidance on decisions
- directionWay something faces
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
- recommendationAdvised course of action
orientation · career · academic · vocational · college · educational · planning · roadmap · strategy · decision-making
depression
Prolonged low state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
grief · addiction · disorder · recovery · wellness · mindfulness · coping · bipolar · PTSD · schizophrenia
development
Progress toward maturity
- self-improvementEnhancing oneself deliberately
- transformationThorough change in form
- progressMovement toward improvement
empowerment · self-awareness · actualization · potential · insight · reflection · introspection · healing · renewal · personal development
- college lifefreshman, freshman year, sophomore, junior, classes
- mental wellnessmental health support, self-care, mental wellness, emotional wellness, coping skills
- wellnesshealthy, wellness, fitness, exercise, nutrition
- community healthhealth fair, health clinic, wellness center, health screening, vaccination drive
- community outreachoutreach, mobile clinics, bookmobiles, mobile libraries, volunteer networks
- guidance servicesmentoring, advising, coaching, tutoring, therapy
counselingmisleading
Causing false beliefs
misdirection · manipulation · deception · sabotage · brainwashing
counselingneglect
Failure to provide care
abandonment · ignoring · disregard · indifference · dismissal
counselingconcealing
Keeping something secret
hiding · suppression · secrecy · repression · bottling up
- spiritual counselingGuidance on matters of faith
- marriage counselingTherapy for troubled relationships
- counseling programsOrganized therapeutic assistance efforts
- mental health counselingProfessional psychological care services
- family counselingGuided resolution for relatives
- grief counselingProfessional support through mourning
council, consult, counsel, counselor, consultation, reconciliation, conciliate, counsellor, counselors