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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Detailed examples of adjustments - choices - or alternatives available to the client or counselee from which a course of action may be selected






2. 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






3. 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






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






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






6. 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






7. 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'.






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






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






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






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






12. A deliberate act of self destruction






13. 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






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






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






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






17. The feelings and their expression






18. 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






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






20. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






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






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






23. Spoken - oral communication






24. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






25. The study of death






26. The individual providing assistance and guidance






27. A philosophy that does not focus on the worship of a god or gods.






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






29. Good comminication within and between men; or good free communication within or between men is always therapeutic






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






31. 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






32. Providing a choice of services and merchandise available as families make a selection and complete funeral arrangements - formulating different actions in adjustine to a crisis






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






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






35. 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






36. Rules that govern society






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






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






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






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






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






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. Advice - especially that given as a result of consultation






44. 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






45. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






46. The ability to present one's self sincerely






47. A belief in god or gods






48. The killing of one human being by another






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






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