Counsel is about privacy (9)
I believe the answer is:
seclusion
'privacy' is the definition.
(I know that privacy can be written as seclusion)
'counsel is about' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'counsel'+'is'='counselis'
'counselis' with letters rearranged gives 'SECLUSION'.
(Other definitions for seclusion that I've seen before include "retirement" , "Privacy; solitude" .)