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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Detailed examples of adjustments - choices - or alternatives available to the client or counselee from which a course of action may be selected






2. 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






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






4. Those appropriate and helpful acts of counseling that come after the funeral






5. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






6. Fidelity to moral principles






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






8. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






9. Blame directed toward one's self based on real or unreal conditions






10. The study of death






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






12. Related to specific sitations in life that may create crisis and produce human pain and suffering. This type of couseling adds another diminsion to the giving of information in that it deals with significant feelings that are produced by life crises






13. The reaction of the body to an even often experienced emotionally as a sudden - violent and upsetting disturbance






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






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






16. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






17. A process occuring with losses aimed at loosening the attachement ot that which has been lost for appropriate reinvestment






18. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






20. Feelings such as happiness - anger or grief - careated by brain patterns accompanied by bodily changes






21. The ability to enter into and share the feelings of others






22. 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






23. The ability to present one's self sincerely






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






25. The state of estrangement an inidvidual feels in social settings that are viewed as foreign - unpredictable or unacceptable






26. The study of human behavior






27. A defense mechanism in which anger is redirected toward a person or object other than the one who caused the anger originally.






28. The individual providing assistance and guidance






29. Any event - person or object that lessens the degreee of pain in grief






30. The cultural heritage or identity of a group - based on factors such as language or country of origin






31. Spoken - oral communication






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






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






34. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






35. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






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






37. Couselor takes a live speaking role - asking questions - suggesting courses of action - etc.






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






39. Consists of abstract patterns (the rules - ideas - beliefs shared by members of society) of and for living and dying - which are learned directly or indirectly






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






41. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






42. 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






43. A stage moral development in which the inididual is characterized as not understanding the rules or feeling a sense of obligation to them. looking to experience only that which is good or pleasant or to avoid that which is painful.






44. Choice of actions provided through counseling as a means on solving the counselee's problem






45. To assist in understanding of the circumstances or situations the individual is experiencing - and to assist that person in the selection of an alternative adjustment if necessary






46. A belief in god or gods






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






48. The ability to communicate the belief that everyone possesses the capacity and right to choose alternatives and make decisions






49. Rules that govern society






50. A death has occured and the funeral director is counseling with the family as they select the services and items of merchandise in completing arrangements for the funeral service of their choice.