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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. An emotion or set of emotions due to a loss






2. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






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






4. 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






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






6. 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.






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






8. 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)






9. Rules that govern society






10. 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






11. Fidelity to moral principles






12. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. A belief in god or gods






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






32. The individual providing assistance and guidance






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






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






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






36. 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






37. 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






38. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






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






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






42. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






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






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






45. Guilt felt by the survivors






46. 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






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






48. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






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






50. Spoken - oral communication