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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. 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






2. 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






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






4. The killing of one human being by another






5. The state of being prevented from attaining a purpose; thwarted; the blocking of the satisfaction of a perceived need by some kind of obstacle






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






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






8. 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.






9. Guilt felt by the survivors






10. The study of human behavior






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






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






13. Blame directed towards another person






14. An act or practice of allowing the death of persons suffering from a life-limiting condition






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






16. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






25. 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)






26. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






27. The experience of the emotion of grief






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






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






30. Centering a client's thinking and feelings on the situation causing a problem and assisting the person in choosing the behavior or adjustment to solve the problem






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






32. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






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






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






35. 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






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






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






38. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






39. 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






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






41. Feelings such as happiness - anger or grief - careated by brain patterns accompanied by bodily changes






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






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






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






45. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






46. 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






47. A deliberate act of self destruction






48. 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






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






50. The study of death