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Counseling

Medical Definition:	The giving of advice and assistance to individuals with educational or personal problems.
Guide Notes:	GEN; prefer specifics
Also Called:	Counselors

Counseling Categories.

	Directive Counseling - Counseling during which a professional plays an active role in a client's or patient's decision making by offering advice, guidance, and/or recommendations.
	Pastoral Care - Counseling or comfort given by ministers, priests, rabbis, etc., to those in need of help with emotional problems or stressful situations.
	Sex Counseling - Advice and support given to individuals to help them understand and resolve their sexual adjustment problems. It excludes treatment for PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDERS or PSYCHOSEXUAL DYSFUNCTION.

Counseling Medical Definitions and Terms

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