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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






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






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






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






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






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






7. The killing of one human being by another






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






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






10. 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






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






12. 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






13. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






15. 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)






16. 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






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






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






19. 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






20. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






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






22. That counseling which occurs before a death






23. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






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






25. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






26. 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






27. 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






28. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






29. 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






30. 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






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






32. 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'.






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






34. Spoken - oral communication






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






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






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






38. 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






39. To hold certain information in trust and not disclose without proper authorization or authority






40. Guilt felt by the survivors






41. 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.






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






43. The rite of finality in a funeral service preceeding cremation - earth burial - entombment or burial at sea






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






45. Rules that govern society






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






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






48. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






49. 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






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