noun phrase · neutral
marriage counseling
/ˈmærɪdʒ ˈkaʊnsəlɪŋ/MAR·riage COUN·sel·ing
professional therapy or advice to help couples resolve marital problems
Examples
“They sought marriage counseling to improve communication.”
“Early intervention through marriage counseling can prevent breakups.”
“Marriage counseling is sometimes covered by employee health plans.”
Band 8 sentence
“Rather than viewing marriage counseling as a last resort, many successful couples treat it as a preventative measure to maintain relationship health.”
Collocations
- seek marriage counseling
- offer marriage counseling
Word family
Common mistakes
do marriage counseling→attend/seek marriage counseling
marriage counselling (UK spelling used inconsistently)→marriage counseling (US) or marriage counselling (UK)
Say it for a higher band
5therapy→6counselling→7+marriage counseling
Synonyms
couples therapy
Easily confused
couples therapy
“After years of arguing, they finally agreed to try couples therapy.”
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