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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. The ability to be considerate and friendly as demonstrated by both verbal and non-verbal






2. The ability to present one's self sincerely






3. 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






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






5. The individual providing assistance and guidance






6. 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






7. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






8. 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






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






10. 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






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






12. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






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






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






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






16. Guilt felt by the survivors






17. 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






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






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






20. The defense mechanism by which a person is unable or refuses to see things as they are because such facts are threatening to the self






21. That counseling which occurs before a death






22. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






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






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






25. 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






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






27. A belief in god or gods






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






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






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






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






32. Rules that govern society






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






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






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






37. Blame directed towards another person






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






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






40. 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






41. 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






42. 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






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






44. 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






45. The feelings and their expression






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






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






48. 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






49. 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






50. 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.