The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Counsel \Coun"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counseled (-s[e^]ld)
   or Counselled; p. pr. & vb. n. Counseling or
   Counselling.] [OE. conseilen, counseilen, F. conseiller,
   fr. L. consiliari, fr. consilium counsel.]
   1. To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a
      person.
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            Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you
            To leave this place.                  --Shak.
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   2. To advise or recommend, as an act or course.
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            They who counsel war.                 --Milton.
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            Thus Belial, with words clothed in reason's garb,
            Counseled ignoble ease and peaceful sloth. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

counseling \counseling\ n.
   direction or advice as to a decision or course of action.

   Syn: guidance, counsel, direction.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

counseling
    n 1: something that provides direction or advice as to a
         decision or course of action [syn: guidance, counsel,
         counseling, counselling, direction]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

64 Moby Thesaurus words for "counseling":
   Arica movement, Erhard Seminars Training, New Consciousness,
   Pentothal interview, SAT, T-group, assertiveness training,
   behavior modification, behavior therapy, bioenergetics,
   biofeedback, confrontation therapy, conjoint therapy,
   consciousness raising, directive therapy, encounter therapy, est,
   family training, feminist therapy, gestalt therapy,
   group psychotherapy, group relations training,
   group sensitivity training, group therapy, humanistic therapy,
   hypnoanalysis, hypnosis, hypnotherapy, hypnotism, marathon,
   marriage encounter, mind cure, narcoanalysis, narcohypnosis,
   narcosynthesis, narcotherapy, nondirective therapy,
   occupational therapy, pastoral counseling, play therapy,
   primal therapy, prolonged narcosis, psychodrama,
   psychological counseling, psychosurgery, psychosynthesis,
   psychotherapeutics, psychotherapy, radical therapy,
   rational-emotive therapy, reality therapy, recreational therapy,
   regression therapy, release therapy, scream therapy,
   sensitivity training, sensory awareness training, sleep treatment,
   supportive therapy, training group, transactional analysis,
   transcendental meditation, transpersonal therapy,
   vocational therapy