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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Fidelity to moral principles






2. 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






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






4. 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






5. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






6. The study of death






7. A belief in god or gods






8. The study of human behavior






9. Spoken - oral communication






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






11. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






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






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






14. 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.






15. 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






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






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






18. The feelings and their expression






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






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






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






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






23. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






24. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






25. 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'.






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






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






28. 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






29. Guilt felt by the survivors






30. The experience of the emotion of grief






31. Blame directed towards another person






32. A philosophy that does not focus on the worship of a god or gods.






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






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






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






36. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






42. 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






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






44. Rules that govern society






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






46. 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






47. A phrase coined by Carl Rogers to refer to that type of counseling where one comes actively and voluntarily to gain help on a problem - but without any notion of surrendering his own responsiblity for the situation; a non-drective method of counselin






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






49. Strong emotion marked by such reactions as alarm - dread - and disquieting






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