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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A stage of moral development in which the individual considers universal moral principles which supersede the authority of the group






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






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






4. 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






5. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






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






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






8. 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






9. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






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






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






12. The experience of the emotion of grief






13. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






14. 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






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






16. 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






17. 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






18. Guilt felt by the survivors






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






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






21. That counseling which occurs before a death






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






23. A belief in god or gods






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






25. The feelings and their expression






26. The killing of one human being by another






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






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






29. 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






30. 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)






31. 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'.






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






33. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






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






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






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






37. The study of human behavior






38. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






39. A deliberate act of self destruction






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






41. 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






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






43. The ability to present one's self sincerely






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






45. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






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






47. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






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






49. 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






50. Something - as a reason or desire - acting as a spur to action