How to Use counselor in a Sentence

counselor

noun
  • He works as a camp counselor.
  • What does that mean to the counselor?
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 2 May 2026
  • None of them talk to the school counselor.
    — Mehmet Oz, STAT, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Grief counselors were sent to the scene.
    — CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The counselors have to be trained on what to do with their campers.
    — Karen Hua, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Camp Walden has lost a beloved counselor.
    — Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Jones, who worked at the school, got a call one day from the school counselor.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
  • In all, 25 campers and two teenage counselors were killed.
    — Jim Vertuno, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Your parents should seek help from a debt counselor right away.
    — R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 14 July 2024
  • The school will have counselors on hand to meet with students.
    — Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 15 Feb. 2026
  • And every once in a while the counselors would come back and check them.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Twenty-five campers and two counselors died in a flash flood last year.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Get help from a housing counselor.
    — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 13 May 2026
  • School counselors absorbed the same bias.
    — Gerald Bradshaw, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
  • But the person who should be talking to a counselor is not her.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Anyone can go to a counselor rather than contact their lender.
    — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2022
  • And at a minimum, the agent talks with a counselor.
    — Jennifer Mayerle, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Some sessions on your own with a licensed counselor may help you to do that.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
  • That summer, a victim’s aid counselor urged her to come clean.
    — Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2023
  • For high school seniors, their school's counselor also can be a big help.
    — Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal, 13 June 2022
  • Don’t just blurt it out one day; enlist the help of a counselor for guidance.
    — Tribune News Service, al, 1 June 2022
  • The counselor and two girls were dragged under the barge, but were able to escape.
    — ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The first is keeping good teachers, counselors and school staff.
    — Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • Work with a therapist or counselor who will see you both, rather than just your child.
    — Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2021
  • Raiz, who is 70, is a school counselor as well, the outlet added.
    — Greg Norman, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Press 2 to speak to a counselor in Spanish.
    — Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 17 May 2026
  • Every counselor has been briefed on these concerns.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2026
  • The counselors, too, are having a harder time.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The counselor talked him through the moment and discussed less risky ways to get through the next months.
    — Talmon Joseph Smith, New York Times, 6 July 2023
  • Academic counselors had reached out to him.
    — Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025

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