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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. A relation of harmony - conformity - accord - or affinity established in any human interaction






2. 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






3. A phrase coined by Carl Rogers to refer to that type of counseling where one comes actively and voluntarily to gain help on a problem - but without any notion of surrendering his own responsiblity for the situation; a non-drective method of counselin






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






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






6. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






7. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






8. Rules that govern society






9. 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






10. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






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






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






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






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






15. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






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






17. Spoken - oral communication






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






19. A belief in god or gods






20. 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






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






22. The feelings and their expression






23. That counseling which occurs before a death






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






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






26. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






27. 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'.






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






29. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






30. 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






31. 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.






32. The individual providing assistance and guidance






33. 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






34. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






35. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






41. The study of death






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






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






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






45. Syndrome characterized by the presence of grief in anticipation of death or loss; the actualy death comes as a confirmation of knowledge of a life-limiting condition






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






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






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






49. 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






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