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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A stage of moral development in which moral reasoning is based on reward and punishment from those in authority






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






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






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






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






6. Rules that govern society






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






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






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






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






11. The feelings and their expression






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






13. The experience of the emotion of grief






14. 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






15. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






16. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






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






18. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. Blame directed towards another person






25. 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






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






27. That counseling which occurs before a death






28. 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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






36. 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'.






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






38. The tendency in human beings to make strong affectional bonds with others coming from the need for secrity and safety






39. 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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






46. 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






47. 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






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






49. 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






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