Counseling Terms

noun a minister in charge of a Christian church or congregation

• The pastor delivered a powerful sermon during Sunday service.
• I heard the pastor is organizing a community event next week.
• Did you catch what the pastor said in his sermon yesterday?
• She was like a pastor, guiding her friends through their personal struggles.

noun a word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things

verb a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence

adjective a word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical

adverb a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb

preposition a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause

article a word that is used with a noun to specify grammatical definiteness of the noun, and in some languages extending to volume or numerical scope

• During the meeting, the manager decided to take aside the employee to discuss their performance.
• I need to take you aside for a minute to talk about something important.
• Let's take him aside and spill the tea on what really happened.
• Sometimes we need to take ourselves aside and reflect on our actions.

noun a person who specializes in the field of social psychology

• The social psychologist conducted a study on group behavior in a controlled setting.
• My friend is studying to become a social psychologist and she loves analyzing people's behavior.
• I heard that social psychologists are like mind readers, they can tell what you're thinking just by observing your actions.
• Being a social psychologist is like being a detective of human behavior, always trying to uncover the reasons behind people's actions.