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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The killing of one human being by another






2. Blame directed towards another person






3. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






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






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






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






7. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






8. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






9. 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






10. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






17. A belief in god or gods






18. Fidelity to moral principles






19. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






20. 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'.






21. The ability to present one's self sincerely






22. Spoken - oral communication






23. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






24. A deliberate act of self destruction






25. The individual providing assistance and guidance






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






27. 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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. 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






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






36. 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






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






38. That counseling which occurs before a death






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






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






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






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






43. 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






44. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






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






46. 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






47. 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






48. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






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






50. The experience of the emotion of grief