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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






2. 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






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






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






5. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. The ability to present one's self sincerely






17. Spoken - oral communication






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






19. A deliberate act of self destruction






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






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






22. 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






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






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






25. The study of human behavior






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






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






28. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






29. A belief in god or gods






30. A stage of moral development in which the individual considers universal moral principles which supersede the authority of the group






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






32. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






33. 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






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






35. The individual providing assistance and guidance






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






37. 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






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






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






40. Blame directed towards another person






41. The feelings and their expression






42. 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






43. 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)






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






45. The intense physical and emotional expression of grief occuring as the awareness increases of a loss of someone or something significant






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






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






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






49. 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






50. Beliefs that are held in high esteem