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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. 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






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






3. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. A deliberate act of self destruction






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






13. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






15. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






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






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






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






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






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






21. Blame directed towards another person






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






23. Syndrome characterized by the presence of grief in anticipation of death or loss; the actualy death comes as a confirmation of knowledge of a life-limiting condition






24. 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.






25. Choice of actions provided through counseling as a means on solving the counselee's problem






26. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






35. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






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






37. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






38. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






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






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






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






42. Fidelity to moral principles






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






44. 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






45. A strong emotion characterized by sudden and extreme fear.






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






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






48. 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






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






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