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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Grief extending over a long period of time without resolution






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






3. 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.






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






5. 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'.






6. 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






7. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






9. A belief in god or gods






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






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 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






13. The state of being prevented from attaining a purpose; thwarted; the blocking of the satisfaction of a perceived need by some kind of obstacle






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






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






16. 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






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






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






19. The individual's ability to adjust the psychological and emotional changes brought on by a stressful even such as the death of a significant other






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






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






22. Support or support system provided to the counselee who is seeking an alternative to problems






23. Rules that govern society






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






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






26. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Feelings such as happiness - anger or grief - careated by brain patterns accompanied by bodily changes






36. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






37. The killing of one human being by another






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






39. 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






40. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






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






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






43. An irrational - exaggerated fear of 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 ability to present one's self sincerely






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






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






48. The study of death






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






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