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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. The individual providing assistance and guidance






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






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






5. The intense physical and emotional expression of grief occuring as the awareness increases of a loss of someone or something significant






6. 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)






7. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






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






9. 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






10. The experience of the emotion of grief






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






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






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






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






15. The killing of one human being by another






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






17. Crib death. the sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant - which remains unexplained after a complete autopsy and a review of the circumstances around the death






18. 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






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






20. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






21. 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






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






23. 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






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






25. 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






26. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






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






28. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






29. Rules that govern society






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






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






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






33. 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






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






35. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






36. 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






37. The study of human behavior






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






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






40. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






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






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






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






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






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






46. A belief in god or gods






47. 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






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






49. That counseling which occurs before a death






50. 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