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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. The state of estrangement an inidvidual feels in social settings that are viewed as foreign - unpredictable or unacceptable






2. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






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






4. 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






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






6. The individual providing assistance and guidance






7. A general term for the exchange of information - feelings - thoughts and acts between two or more people - including both verbal and nonverbal aspects o fthis interchange






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






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






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






11. 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






12. 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






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. 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






15. 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






16. 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






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






18. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






19. 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






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






21. The feelings and their expression






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






23. 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






24. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






25. 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






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






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






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






29. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






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






31. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






32. The experience of the emotion of grief






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






41. The study of death






42. A deliberate act of self destruction






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. The ability to present one's self sincerely






50. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome