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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. 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.






2. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






3. 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)






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






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






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






7. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






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






9. 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






10. Fidelity to moral principles






11. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






12. A defense mechanism in which anger is redirected toward a person or object other than the one who caused the anger originally.






13. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






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






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






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






17. 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






18. 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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. Providing a choice of services and merchandise available as families make a selection and complete funeral arrangements - formulating different actions in adjustine to a crisis






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






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






26. The feelings and their expression






27. 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






28. A process occuring with losses aimed at loosening the attachement ot that which has been lost for appropriate reinvestment






29. 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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






35. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






36. The killing of one human being by another






37. A belief in god or gods






38. Rules that govern society






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






40. The experience of the emotion of grief






41. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






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






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






45. The individual providing assistance and guidance






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






47. 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






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






49. 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






50. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved