anticounseling

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ counseling.

Adjective

anticounseling (comparative more anticounseling, superlative most anticounseling)

1. Opposing counseling.
   • 1972, Robert D. Myrick, Joe Wittmer, School Counseling: Problems and Methods:

     You have realized for some time that Charles Underwood, a general science teacher at your school, is anticounseling. He has never referred a student to you and you've heard that he's been discouraging other teachers […]

   • 2001, Mark R. McMinn, Timothy R. Phillips, Care for the Soul:

     Though one might find some exceptions, so-called psychology bashers are not anticounseling. Most of them work to develop and practice loving and effective care for souls as the alternative to secular or quasi-secular psychotherapy.

   • 2008, Uwe P. Gielen, Juris G. Draguns, Jefferson M. Fish, Principles of Multicultural Counseling and Therapy:

     Aside from the anticounseling bias present in traditional Kuwaiti culture, have you encountered any other cultural conflict while using Western counseling methods, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, with your clients […]