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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Choice of actions provided through counseling as a means on solving the counselee's problem






2. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






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






5. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






6. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






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






8. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






9. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






10. Rules that govern society






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






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






13. Guilt felt by the survivors






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






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






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






17. 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






18. 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






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






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






21. 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






22. 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






23. The killing of one human being by another






24. 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






25. 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.






26. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






27. 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






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






29. 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






30. 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






31. 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






32. The study of human behavior






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






34. That counseling which occurs before a death






35. 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






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






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






38. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






39. 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






40. 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






41. 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






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






43. Blame directed towards another person






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






45. 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






46. The individual providing assistance and guidance






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






48. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






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






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