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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. 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






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






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






4. Guilt felt by the survivors






5. The experience of the emotion of grief






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






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






8. 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.






9. 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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. 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






15. The individual providing assistance and guidance






16. 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






17. Blame directed towards another person






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






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






20. The ability to present one's self sincerely






21. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






22. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






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






24. 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






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






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






27. A belief in god or gods






28. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






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






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






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






32. That counseling which occurs before a death






33. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






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






36. 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






37. 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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






47. The killing of one human being by another






48. 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.






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






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