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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The ability to communicate the belief that everyone possesses the capacity and right to choose alternatives and make decisions






2. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






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






4. A belief in god or gods






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






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






7. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






14. A deliberate act of self destruction






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






16. 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






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






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






19. 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






20. The ability to be considerate and friendly as demonstrated by both verbal and non-verbal






21. Spoken - oral communication






22. According to client-centered counseling - the necessary quality of a counselor being in touch with reality and other's perception of one-self.






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






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






25. The rite of finality in a funeral service preceeding cremation - earth burial - entombment or burial at sea






26. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






27. An act or practice of allowing the death of persons suffering from a life-limiting condition






28. 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






29. 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.






30. Interventions for a highly emotional - temporary state in which individuals - overcome by feelings of anxiety - grief - confusion - or pain are unable to act in a realistic - normal manner. intentional responces which help individuals in a crisis sit






31. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






32. 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






33. Fidelity to moral principles






34. The feelings and their expression






35. The study of human behavior






36. 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






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






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






39. Support or support system provided to the counselee who is seeking an alternative to problems






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






41. The study of death






42. 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






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






44. Occur when persons experience symptoms and behaviors which cause them difficulty but they do not see or recognise the fact that these are related to the loss






45. Rules that govern society






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






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






48. Persons are usually conscious of the realtionship of the reaction to the death - but the reaction to the currect experience is excessive and disabling






49. Guilt felt by the survivors






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