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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. A belief in god or gods






2. 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






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






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






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






6. 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






7. 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






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






9. The tendency in human beings to make strong affectional bonds with others coming from the need for secrity and safety






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






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






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






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






14. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






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






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






17. 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






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






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






20. 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






21. 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






22. Fidelity to moral principles






23. The experience of the emotion of grief






24. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






25. 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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. 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






31. Adefense mechanism used in grief to return to more familiar and often more primitive modes of coping






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






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






34. 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'.






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






36. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






37. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






38. Spoken - oral communication






39. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






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






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






43. The study of human behavior






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






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






46. 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.






47. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






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






49. That counseling which occurs before a death






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