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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The state of being prevented from attaining a purpose; thwarted; the blocking of the satisfaction of a perceived need by some kind of obstacle






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






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






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






5. Guilt felt by the survivors






6. The individual providing assistance and guidance






7. 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






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






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






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






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






12. 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'.






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






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






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






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






17. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






18. A belief in god or gods






19. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






20. 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






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






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






23. The experience of the emotion of grief






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. 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






31. 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






32. 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






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






34. 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






35. 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






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






37. 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






38. The study of human behavior






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






44. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






46. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






47. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






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






49. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






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