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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






2. 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






3. 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






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






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






6. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






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






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






9. The study of human behavior as related to funeral service






10. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






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






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






13. Spoken - oral communication






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Fidelity to moral principles






21. Something - as a reason or desire - acting as a spur to action






22. Blame directed towards another person






23. Intervention with people whose needs are so specific that usually they can only be met by specifically trained physicians or psychologists. The practicioners in this field need special training because they often work with deeper levels of consciousn






24. Guilt felt by the survivors






25. 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






26. The study of human behavior






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






28. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






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






30. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






31. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






32. 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






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






34. 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






35. The ability to present one's self sincerely






36. A stage of moral development in which moral reasoning is based on reward and punishment from those in authority






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






38. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






46. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






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






48. 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)






49. The study of death






50. 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.