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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






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






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






4. That counseling which occurs before a death






5. Spoken - oral communication






6. The killing of one human being by another






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






8. 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






9. 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






10. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






17. The individual providing assistance and guidance






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






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






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






21. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






22. 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'.






23. 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






24. 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)






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






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






27. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






29. The study of death






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






31. 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






32. The state of being prevented from attaining a purpose; thwarted; the blocking of the satisfaction of a perceived need by some kind of obstacle






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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






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






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






41. 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






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






43. 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






44. The experience of the emotion of grief






45. A deliberate act of self destruction






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






47. Rules that govern society






48. Fidelity to moral principles






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. The study of human behavior