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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Guilt felt by the survivors






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






3. The individual providing assistance and guidance






4. The experience of the emotion of grief






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






10. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






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






12. 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






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






14. A belief in god or gods






15. 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)






16. 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






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






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






19. The feelings and their expression






20. 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






21. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






22. 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






23. 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






24. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






25. 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






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






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






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






29. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






30. Rules that govern society






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






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






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






34. 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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






41. A brief review of points covered in a portion of the counseling session






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






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






44. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






45. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






46. 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'.






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






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






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






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