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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The tendency in human beings to make strong affectional bonds with others coming from the need for secrity and safety






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






3. 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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






9. The study of death






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






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






18. Guilt felt by the survivors






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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. 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






28. 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






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






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






31. The feelings and their expression






32. 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






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






34. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






36. 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.






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






38. The ability to present one's self sincerely






39. 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






40. 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)






41. Fidelity to moral principles






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






43. A deliberate act of self destruction






44. 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






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






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






47. 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.






48. That counseling which occurs before a death






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






50. Blame directed towards another person