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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. A stage of moral development in which the individual considers universal moral principles which supersede the authority of the group






2. The study of human behavior






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






4. 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'.






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






6. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






7. 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






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






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






10. 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






11. The feelings and their expression






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






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






14. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






15. 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






16. 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






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






18. Fidelity to moral principles






19. 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






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






21. 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






22. The experience of the emotion of grief






23. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






24. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






25. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






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






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






28. 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)






29. Something - as a reason or desire - acting as a spur to action






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






39. Rules that govern society






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






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






42. 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






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






44. 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






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






46. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






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






48. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






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






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