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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






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






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






4. 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






5. 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






6. A belief in god or gods






7. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






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






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






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






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






12. A deliberate act of self destruction






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






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






15. The feelings and their expression






16. 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






17. That counseling which occurs before a death






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






19. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






21. 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'.






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






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






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






25. The killing of one human being by another






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






37. Rules that govern society






38. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






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






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






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






42. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






43. 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






44. 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






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






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






47. The study of human behavior






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






49. The individual providing assistance and guidance






50. Spoken - oral communication