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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Choice of actions provided through counseling as a means on solving the counselee's problem






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






3. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






4. 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'.






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. The feelings and their expression






7. The individual providing assistance and guidance






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






9. Guilt felt by the survivors






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






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






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






13. 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






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






15. 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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. A process occuring with losses aimed at loosening the attachement ot that which has been lost for appropriate reinvestment






21. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






22. 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






23. 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






24. 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






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






26. 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






27. 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






28. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






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






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






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






32. Rules that govern society






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






34. 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






35. The study of death






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. Blame directed towards another person






43. 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






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






45. 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.






46. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






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






48. A deliberate act of self destruction






49. Fidelity to moral principles






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