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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An act or practice of allowing the death of persons suffering from a life-limiting condition






2. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






3. 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






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






5. The killing of one human being by another






6. The study of death






7. The ability to present one's self sincerely






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






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






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






11. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






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






13. 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






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






15. 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)






16. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






17. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






18. 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.






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






20. 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






21. 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






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






23. The individual providing assistance and guidance






24. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






25. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






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






27. 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






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






29. 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






30. The experience of the emotion of grief






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






32. 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






33. 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






34. Blame directed towards another person






35. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






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






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






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






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






40. 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






41. The set of values - ideas and opinions of an individual or group






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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