The counselors will offer confidential advice to troubled officers, referring them to private psychiatrists if necessary.

The counselors watched and sometimes offered verbal encouragement.

There, counselors offered sessions on better relationships, being better parents and work-home balance.

"We can resume it at some other time if you'd like," offered the counselor.

Yes and no answers are easy to get from glossy pamphlets, but counselors can offer much, much more.

The counselors offer help with signing up for SATs.

For each the counselor offered a capsule review.

The four counselors offered no comment, but the visitor looked up from his note-jotting.

The counselors offer to be intermediaries with the police or respect the victim's decision not to report the case at all.

Teenagers, police officers and counselors offer the same reason: the boredom of the big empty.