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






2. Rules that govern society






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






4. 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)






5. Spoken - oral communication






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






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






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






9. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






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






11. An organized - flexible - purposeful - group centered - time-limited response to death which reflects revernce - dignity and respect






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






13. That counseling which occurs before a death






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






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






16. To hold certain information in trust and not disclose without proper authorization or authority






17. 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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






23. The killing of one human being by another






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






25. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






26. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






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






35. The ability to present one's self sincerely






36. 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'.






37. Blame directed towards another person






38. 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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






44. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






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






46. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






47. 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






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






49. 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.






50. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss