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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 formal act or observance that may or may not have symbolic content






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






3. The feelings and their expression






4. 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






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






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






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






8. A philosophy that does not focus on the worship of a god or gods.






9. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






10. The killing of one human being by another






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






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






13. A deliberate act of self destruction






14. Fidelity to moral principles






15. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






16. The study of death






17. Choice of actions provided through counseling as a means on solving the counselee's problem






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. 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






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






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






27. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






28. 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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. Spoken - oral communication






34. 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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. 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.






40. Grief extending over a long period of time without resolution






41. The ability to present one's self sincerely






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






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






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






45. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






46. 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






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. 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






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






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