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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Good comminication within and between men; or good free communication within or between men is always therapeutic






2. To hold certain information in trust and not disclose without proper authorization or authority






3. A formal act or observance that may or may not have symbolic content






4. The customs - values - and standards of practice of a group - age - or theory intended to be timeless.






5. A culturally entrenched pattern of behavior made up of: 1) sacred beliefs 2) emotional feelings accompanying the beliefs and 3) overt conduct presumable implementing the beliefs and feelings






6. A therapeutic experiance for reasonably healthy persons. do no confuse this with psychotherapy which is treatment for emotionally disturbed persons - who seek or are referred for assistance with pathological problems. A counselor's clients are encour






7. The defense mechanism by which a person is unable or refuses to see things as they are because such facts are threatening to the self






8. That which is expressed by posture - facial expression - actions - physical behavior; that which is communivated by any means except verbally






9. A highly emotional termporary state in which an individual's feelings of anxiety - grief - confusion or pain impair his or her ability to act






10. Grief extending over a long period of time without resolution






11. A belief in god or gods






12. Rules that govern society






13. Helping people facilitate uncomplicated grief to a healthly completion of the tasks of grieving within a reasonable time frame






14. The intense physical and emotional expression of grief occuring as the awareness increases of a loss of someone or something significant






15. Strong emotion marked by such reactions as alarm - dread - and disquieting






16. Syndrome characterized by the presence of grief in anticipation of death or loss; the actualy death comes as a confirmation of knowledge of a life-limiting condition






17. Centering a client's thinking and feelings on the situation causing a problem and assisting the person in choosing the behavior or adjustment to solve the problem






18. The killing of one human being by another






19. A general term for the exchange of information - feelings - thoughts and acts between two or more people - including both verbal and nonverbal aspects o fthis interchange






20. A relation of harmony - conformity - accord - or affinity established in any human interaction






21. A philosophy that does not focus on the worship of a god or gods.






22. A phrase coined by Carl Rogers to refer to that type of counseling where one comes actively and voluntarily to gain help on a problem - but without any notion of surrendering his own responsiblity for the situation; a non-drective method of counselin






23. A strong emotion characterized by sudden and extreme fear.






24. The study of human behavior






25. Adefense mechanism used in grief to return to more familiar and often more primitive modes of coping






26. Crib death. the sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant - which remains unexplained after a complete autopsy and a review of the circumstances around the death






27. The individual providing assistance and guidance






28. The individual's ability to adjust the psychological and emotional changes brought on by a stressful even such as the death of a significant other






29. A state of tension - typically characterized by rapid heartbeat - shortness of breath and other similar ramifications of arousal of the autonomic nervous system; an emotion characterized by a vague fear or promonition that something undesirable is go






30. An emotion or set of emotions due to a loss






31. The experience of the emotion of grief






32. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






33. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






34. A stage of moral development in which the expectations of the social group (family - community and nation) are supported and maintained






35. Blame directed towards another person






36. Detailed examples of adjustments - choices - or alternatives available to the client or counselee from which a course of action may be selected






37. Counseling in which a counselor shares a body of special information with a counselee






38. That branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct - with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certian actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions (webster)






39. The tendency in human beings to make strong affectional bonds with others coming from the need for secrity and safety






40. An organized - flexible - purposeful - group centered - time-limited response to death which reflects revernce - dignity and respect






41. The set of values - ideas and opinions of an individual or group






42. The study of death






43. The ability to present one's self sincerely






44. An adjustment process which involves grief or sorrow over a period of time and helps in the reorganization of the life on an individual following a loss of death of someone loved






45. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






46. A rule of ethical conduct found in some form in most major religious usually phrased - 'do unto others as you would have them do unto you'.






47. Expressing a though or idea in an alternate and sometimes a shortened form






48. Giving undivided attention by means of verbal and non-verbal behavior






49. Sincere feelings for the person who is trying to adjust to a serious loss






50. A brief review of points covered in a portion of the counseling session






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