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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. 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






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






8. 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






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






10. 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






11. 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.






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






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






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






15. 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






16. The study of death






17. 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






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






19. A belief in god or gods






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






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






22. 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






23. 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






24. 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






25. The ability to present one's self sincerely






26. 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






27. 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






28. 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)






29. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






30. Fidelity to moral principles






31. That counseling which occurs before a death






32. Spoken - oral communication






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






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






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






36. 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






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






38. Rules that govern society






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






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






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






42. A deliberate act of self destruction






43. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






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






45. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






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






48. 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






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






50. The study of human behavior