The process by which a professional counselor helps a person cope with mental or emotional distress, and understand and solve personal problems. Found on http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?expand=C
The giving of advice and assistance to individuals with educational or personal problems. ... (12 Dec 1998) ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
Type: Term Pronunciation: kown′sel-ing Definitions: 1. A professional relationship and activity in which one person endeavors to help another to understand and to solve his or her adjustment problems; the giving of advice, opinion, and instruction to direct the judgment or conduct of another. See: psychotherapy Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=20936
Counseling in this sense can be any form of assistance which (1) provides guidance in the development of a participant's vocational goals and the means to achieve those goals; and/or (2) assist a participant with the solution to a variety of individual problems which may pose a barrier(s) to the participant in achieving vocational goals, e.g., PTS... Found on https://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/oshasoft/index.html