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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. 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






4. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






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






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






7. 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'.






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






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






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






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






12. The study of death






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






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






15. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






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






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






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






19. The individual providing assistance and guidance






20. 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






21. A stage of moral development in which the individual considers universal moral principles which supersede the authority of the group






22. That counseling which occurs before a death






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






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






25. A deliberate act of self destruction






26. 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






27. 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






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






29. 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






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






31. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






32. The customs - values - and standards of practice of a group - age - or theory intended to be timeless.






33. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






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






35. 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.






36. Spoken - oral communication






37. 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






38. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






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






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






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






43. 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






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






45. The killing of one human being by another






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






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






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






49. 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






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