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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






3. The feelings and their expression






4. The study of death






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






6. 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.






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






8. Blame directed towards another person






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






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






11. The ability to present one's self sincerely






12. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






13. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






14. Guilt felt by the survivors






15. 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






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






17. 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






18. Fidelity to moral principles






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






20. 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






21. The study of human behavior






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






23. A belief in god or gods






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






35. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






36. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






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






38. 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






39. A deliberate act of self destruction






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






41. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






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






43. 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






44. 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






45. Rules that govern society






46. 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






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






48. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






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






50. Spoken - oral communication