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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A process occuring with losses aimed at loosening the attachement ot that which has been lost for appropriate reinvestment






2. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






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






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






5. The experience of the emotion of grief






6. 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






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






8. 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






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






10. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






11. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






12. 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






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






14. Spoken - oral communication






15. The study of human behavior






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






17. Guilt felt by the survivors






18. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






19. According to client-centered counseling - the necessary quality of a counselor being in touch with reality and other's perception of one-self.






20. 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)






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






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






23. 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






24. 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






25. The killing of one human being by another






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






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






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






30. That counseling which occurs before a death






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






32. 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






33. A belief in god or gods






34. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






35. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






36. 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






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






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






39. The study of death






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






41. 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






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






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






44. Fidelity to moral principles






45. The individual providing assistance and guidance






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






47. The ability to present one's self sincerely






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






49. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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