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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Helping people facilitate uncomplicated grief to a healthly completion of the tasks of grieving within a reasonable time frame






2. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






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






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






5. 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






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






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






8. 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






9. 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






10. A relation of harmony - conformity - accord - or affinity established in any human interaction






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






12. A belief in god or gods






13. 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






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






15. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






16. Guilt felt by the survivors






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






18. The ability to present one's self sincerely






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






20. 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






21. 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






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






23. 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






24. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






25. 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.






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






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






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






30. Blame directed towards another person






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






32. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






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






34. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






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






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






37. Rules that govern society






38. The individual providing assistance and guidance






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






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






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






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






44. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






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






46. That counseling which occurs before a death






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






48. The killing of one human being by another






49. The study of human behavior






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