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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The customs - values - and standards of practice of a group - age - or theory intended to be timeless.






2. 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






3. That counseling which occurs before a death






4. 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






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






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






7. 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






8. The experience of the emotion of grief






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






10. 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






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






12. 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






13. Spoken - oral communication






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






15. The killing of one human being by another






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






17. The feelings and their expression






18. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






19. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






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






21. Rules that govern society






22. 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






23. To assist in understanding of the circumstances or situations the individual is experiencing - and to assist that person in the selection of an alternative adjustment if necessary






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






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






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






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






28. The individual providing assistance and guidance






29. 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)






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






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






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






33. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






34. 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






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






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






37. Blame directed towards another person






38. Blame directed toward one's self based on real or unreal conditions






39. 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






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






41. A deliberate act of self destruction






42. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






43. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






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






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






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 emotion or set of emotions due to a loss






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






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






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