counseling referral
Suggested mental help
A counseling referral is a formal recommendation directing someone to mental health services.
Healthcare providers, employers, schools, and courts issue counseling referrals when they identify a need for professional support: Her doctor gave her a counseling referral after the diagnosis, The school made a counseling referral following the incident.
The term implies both the act of referring and the documentation itself.
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- first sessionOpening instance of recurring event
- intakeAmount received or consumed
- intake formFirst-visit data collection document
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
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Unassisted personal development
self-treatment · self-management · self-care · going it alone · self-medication
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