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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. The study of human behavior






2. 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






3. 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






4. Fidelity to moral principles






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






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






7. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






8. 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'.






9. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






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






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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






18. Advice - especially that given as a result of consultation






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






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






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






22. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






23. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






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






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






26. The feelings and their expression






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






28. 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)






29. The ability to present one's self sincerely






30. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






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






32. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






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






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






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






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






37. That counseling which occurs before a death






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






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






40. Guilt felt by the survivors






41. Spoken - oral communication






42. A belief in god or gods






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






44. 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






45. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






47. 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.






48. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






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






50. Rules that govern society