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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. An emotion or set of emotions due to a loss






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






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






4. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






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






6. 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.






7. 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)






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






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






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






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. 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






13. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






14. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






16. That counseling which occurs before a death






17. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






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






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






20. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






21. The tendency in human beings to make strong affectional bonds with others coming from the need for secrity and safety






22. The ability to present one's self sincerely






23. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Blame directed towards another person






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






33. The experience of the emotion of grief






34. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






35. A belief in god or gods






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






37. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






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






39. 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






40. 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






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






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






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






44. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






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






46. 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






47. 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






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






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






50. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved