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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Couselor takes a live speaking role - asking questions - suggesting courses of action - etc.






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






3. 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






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






5. 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






6. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






7. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






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






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






10. 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






11. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






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






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






14. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






15. 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






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






17. 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.






18. Counseling in which a counselor shares a body of special information with a counselee






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






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






21. 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)






22. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






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






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






26. 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






27. A deliberate act of self destruction






28. 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






29. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






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






31. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






32. Spoken - oral communication






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






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






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






36. 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






37. 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






38. Guilt felt by the survivors






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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 individual's ability to adjust the psychological and emotional changes brought on by a stressful even such as the death of a significant other