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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Detailed examples of adjustments - choices - or alternatives available to the client or counselee from which a course of action may be selected






2. The experience of the emotion of grief






3. 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






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






5. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






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






8. Spoken - oral communication






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






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






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






17. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






18. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






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






20. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






21. The individual providing assistance and guidance






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






24. A belief in god or gods






25. The ability to present one's self sincerely






26. 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)






27. Advice - especially that given as a result of consultation






28. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






29. 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






30. A rule of ethical conduct found in some form in most major religious usually phrased - 'do unto others as you would have them do unto you'.






31. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. Blame directed toward one's self based on real or unreal conditions






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






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






41. 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






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






43. 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






44. An act or practice of allowing the death of persons suffering from a life-limiting condition






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






46. Blame directed towards another person






47. 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






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






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






50. 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






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