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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






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






3. The study of death






4. Spoken - oral communication






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






6. The experience of the emotion of grief






7. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






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






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






10. 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






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






12. 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






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






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






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






16. 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






17. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






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






19. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






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






21. Blame directed towards another person






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






23. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






24. The set of values - ideas and opinions of an individual or group






25. 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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






32. 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






33. The individual providing assistance and guidance






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. The study of human behavior






43. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






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






45. 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






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






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






48. 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






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






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