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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The set of values - ideas and opinions of an individual or group






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






3. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






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






5. 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






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






7. The experience of the emotion of grief






8. 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






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






10. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






11. Guilt felt by the survivors






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. The study of death






20. Fidelity to moral principles






21. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






22. Blame directed towards another person






23. The study of human behavior






24. 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)






25. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






26. 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






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






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






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






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






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






32. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






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






34. 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'.






35. 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






36. 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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






42. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






43. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






44. 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






45. The ability to present one's self sincerely






46. 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






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






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






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






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