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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Fidelity to moral principles






2. 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






3. The individual providing assistance and guidance






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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. An emotion or set of emotions due to a loss






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






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






12. The study of death






13. 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






14. 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






15. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






16. A deliberate act of self destruction






17. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






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






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






20. Adefense mechanism used in grief to return to more familiar and often more primitive modes of coping






21. 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






22. The killing of one human being by another






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






24. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






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






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






27. 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






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






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






30. 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






31. That counseling which occurs before a death






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






33. Spoken - oral communication






34. 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






35. 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






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






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






38. Blame directed towards another person






39. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. The feelings and their expression






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






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






49. 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.






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