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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. That counseling which occurs before a death






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






3. 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






4. Advice - especially that given as a result of consultation






5. Blame directed towards another person






6. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






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






8. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






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






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






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






12. The experience of the emotion of grief






13. The ability to present one's self sincerely






14. 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






15. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






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






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






18. 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






19. 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






20. 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






21. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






22. Spoken - oral communication






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






24. A deliberate act of self destruction






25. 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






26. The feelings and their expression






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






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






29. Helping people facilitate uncomplicated grief to a healthly completion of the tasks of grieving within a reasonable time frame






30. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






31. 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)






32. The individual providing assistance and guidance






33. Fidelity to moral principles






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






38. 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






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






40. A phrase coined by Carl Rogers to refer to that type of counseling where one comes actively and voluntarily to gain help on a problem - but without any notion of surrendering his own responsiblity for the situation; a non-drective method of counselin






41. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






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






43. 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






44. 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






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






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






47. The reaction of the body to an even often experienced emotionally as a sudden - violent and upsetting disturbance






48. 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.






49. Rules that govern society






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