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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Strong emotion marked by such reactions as alarm - dread - and disquieting






2. 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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






9. A belief in god or gods






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






12. 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






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






14. The killing of one human being by another






15. The individual providing assistance and guidance






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






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






18. The ability to present one's self sincerely






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






20. 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






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






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






23. 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






24. The rite of finality in a funeral service preceeding cremation - earth burial - entombment or burial at sea






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






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






27. Spoken - oral communication






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






29. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






30. 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






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






32. 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.






33. 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






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






35. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






36. 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






37. 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






38. 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






39. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






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






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






42. Fidelity to moral principles






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






44. Guilt felt by the survivors






45. The study of human behavior






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






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






48. A deliberate act of self destruction






49. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






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