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






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






3. A term to describe the experience of grief - espeically in young bereaved parents - where mourning customes are unclear due to an inappropriate death and the abscense of prior bereavement experience; typical in a society that has attempted to minimiz






4. 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






5. 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






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






7. The study of human behavior






8. A deliberate act of self destruction






9. Spoken - oral communication






10. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






11. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






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






13. The experience of the emotion of grief






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






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






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






17. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






18. The ability to present one's self sincerely






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






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






30. The killing of one human being by another






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






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






33. 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






34. The feelings and their expression






35. That counseling which occurs before a death






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






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






38. 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.






39. The study of death






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






41. 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






42. Guilt felt by the survivors






43. 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






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






45. Blame directed towards another person






46. A belief in god or gods






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






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






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






50. 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)