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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 individual seeking assistance or guidance






2. The asumption of blame directed toward one's self by others






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






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






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






6. A learned emotional response to death-related phenomenon which is characterized by extreme apprehension






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






8. The individual providing assistance and guidance






9. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






10. 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






11. Spoken - oral communication






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






13. 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






14. 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






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






16. 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






17. Having a sense of honor; upright and fair dealing






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






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






20. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






21. Rules that govern society






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






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






24. 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






25. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






26. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. Guilt felt by the survivors






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






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






35. 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.






36. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






37. 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'.






38. 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






39. 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






40. 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






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






42. 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






43. That counseling which occurs before a death






44. 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)






45. The feelings and their expression






46. 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.






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






48. The study of human behavior






49. 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






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