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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. An act or practice of allowing the death of persons suffering from a life-limiting condition






2. 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






3. The study of death






4. Spoken - oral communication






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






6. 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






7. 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






8. A stage of moral development in which moral reasoning is based on reward and punishment from those in authority






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






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






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






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






13. The experience of the emotion of grief






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






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






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






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






18. The feelings and their expression






19. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






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






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






22. 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






23. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






24. 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






25. A belief in god or gods






26. Fidelity to moral principles






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






28. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






29. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






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






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






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






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






34. Detailed examples of adjustments - choices - or alternatives available to the client or counselee from which a course of action may be selected






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






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






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






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






39. 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)






40. 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






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






42. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






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






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. Rules that govern society






46. 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






47. 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






48. 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'.






49. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






50. Blame directed towards another person