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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Providing a choice of services and merchandise available as families make a selection and complete funeral arrangements - formulating different actions in adjustine to a crisis






2. Good comminication within and between men; or good free communication within or between men is always therapeutic






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






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






5. 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






6. Guilt felt by the survivors






7. The study of human behavior






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






9. Blame directed towards another person






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






11. 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






12. 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






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






14. The individual providing assistance and guidance






15. That counseling which occurs before a death






16. A deliberate act of self destruction






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






18. 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






19. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






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






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






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






23. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






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






25. The feelings and their expression






26. 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






27. 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






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






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






30. 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






31. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






32. 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






33. The killing of one human being by another






34. 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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






41. A term to describe the experience of grief - espeically in young bereaved parents - where mourning customes are unclear due to an inappropriate death and the abscense of prior bereavement experience; typical in a society that has attempted to minimiz






42. 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.






43. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






44. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






45. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






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






47. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






48. A stage of moral development in which the individual considers universal moral principles which supersede the authority of the group






49. 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






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