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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Choice of actions provided through counseling as a means on solving the counselee's problem






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






3. 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






4. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






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






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






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






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






9. 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






10. 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






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






12. Rules that govern society






13. An organized - flexible - purposeful - group centered - time-limited response to death which reflects revernce - dignity and respect






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






15. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






16. Blame directed towards another person






17. 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






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






19. 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






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






21. A belief in god or gods






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






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






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






31. The ability to present one's self sincerely






32. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






33. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






34. Guilt felt by the survivors






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






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






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






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






39. Fidelity to moral principles






40. The experience of the emotion of grief






41. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






42. 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






43. 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






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






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






46. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






47. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






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






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






50. 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