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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






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






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. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






5. 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)






6. Fidelity to moral principles






7. 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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. The individual providing assistance and guidance






14. 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






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






16. Rules that govern society






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 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






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






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






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






22. Blame directed towards another person






23. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






24. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






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






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






27. Spoken - oral communication






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






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






30. 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






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






32. That counseling which occurs before a death






33. 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'.






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






45. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






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






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






48. 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






49. 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






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