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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. 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






2. Fidelity to moral principles






3. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






4. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






5. The ability to communicate the belief that everyone possesses the capacity and right to choose alternatives and make decisions






6. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






7. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






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. 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






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






11. 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






12. 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






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






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






15. The feelings and their expression






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






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






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






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






20. The individual providing assistance and guidance






21. 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






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






23. 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)






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






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






35. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






36. 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






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






38. 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






39. 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.






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






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






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






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






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






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