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Counseling Vocab

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






2. The individual providing assistance and guidance






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






4. Grief extending over a long period of time without resolution






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. The experience of the emotion of grief






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






13. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






23. Blame directed towards another person






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






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






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






27. 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






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






29. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






30. 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






31. 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






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






33. 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'.






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






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






36. Fidelity to moral principles






37. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






38. 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






39. Spoken - oral communication






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






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. 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.






43. 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






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






45. 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






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






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






48. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






49. A belief in god or gods






50. Guilt felt by the survivors