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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. 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)






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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






8. The ability to present one's self sincerely






9. 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






10. 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






11. Something - as a reason or desire - acting as a spur to action






12. A stage moral development in which the inididual is characterized as not understanding the rules or feeling a sense of obligation to them. looking to experience only that which is good or pleasant or to avoid that which is painful.






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






14. 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






15. 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






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






17. 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






18. 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






19. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






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






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






22. Centering a client's thinking and feelings on the situation causing a problem and assisting the person in choosing the behavior or adjustment to solve the problem






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






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






25. 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






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






27. A belief in god or gods






28. That counseling which occurs before a death






29. 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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






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






44. Related to specific sitations in life that may create crisis and produce human pain and suffering. This type of couseling adds another diminsion to the giving of information in that it deals with significant feelings that are produced by life crises






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






46. The experience of the emotion of grief






47. A deliberate act of self destruction






48. Spoken - oral communication






49. 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






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