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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The study of human behavior as related to funeral service






2. 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






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






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






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






6. The individual providing assistance and guidance






7. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






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






9. 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






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






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






12. 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






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






14. The study of human behavior






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






16. 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






17. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






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






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






20. The feelings and their expression






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






27. Fidelity to moral principles






28. Guilt felt by the survivors






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






30. The study of death






31. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






32. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






33. 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






34. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






35. 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'.






36. 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






37. 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






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






39. The ability to be considerate and friendly as demonstrated by both verbal and non-verbal






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






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






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






43. 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






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






45. 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






46. The ability to present one's self sincerely






47. That counseling which occurs before a death






48. Rules that govern society






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






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