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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The intense physical and emotional expression of grief occuring as the awareness increases of a loss of someone or something significant






2. 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






3. Guilt felt by the survivors






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






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






7. 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.






8. Fidelity to moral principles






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






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






19. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






20. 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






21. Adefense mechanism used in grief to return to more familiar and often more primitive modes of coping






22. The study of human behavior






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






24. Spoken - oral communication






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






26. 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)






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






28. The killing of one human being by another






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






30. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






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






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






33. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






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






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






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






37. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






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






40. 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'.






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






42. The individual providing assistance and guidance






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






44. A state of tension - typically characterized by rapid heartbeat - shortness of breath and other similar ramifications of arousal of the autonomic nervous system; an emotion characterized by a vague fear or promonition that something undesirable is go






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






46. 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






47. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






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






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






50. 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