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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Grief extending over a long period of time without resolution






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






3. That branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct - with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certian actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions (webster)






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






5. 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






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






7. The study of human behavior






8. Blame directed towards another person






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






17. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






18. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






19. The ability to present one's self sincerely






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






21. Something - as a reason or desire - acting as a spur to action






22. 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






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






24. A deliberate act of self destruction






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






26. The study of death






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






28. 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'.






29. The customs - values - and standards of practice of a group - age - or theory intended to be timeless.






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






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






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






33. The experience of the emotion of grief






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






35. 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






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






37. The feelings and their expression






38. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






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






40. 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






41. 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.






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






43. The set of values - ideas and opinions of an individual or group






44. 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






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






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






47. 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






48. A belief in god or gods






49. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






50. Fidelity to moral principles