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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. That counseling which occurs before a death






2. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






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






4. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






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






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






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






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






9. The study of death






10. The individual providing assistance and guidance






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






12. 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






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






14. 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






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






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






17. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






18. 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






19. 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






20. The study of human behavior






21. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






22. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






23. 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






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






25. The experience of the emotion of grief






26. 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






27. Blame directed towards another person






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






29. The feelings and their expression






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






31. 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'.






32. Fidelity to moral principles






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






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






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






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






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






38. A deliberate act of self destruction






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






40. Rules that govern society






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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)






48. 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






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






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