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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. 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






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






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






4. 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






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






6. The ability to present one's self sincerely






7. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






8. A stage of moral development in which the expectations of the social group (family - community and nation) are supported and maintained






9. 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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






15. That counseling which occurs before a death






16. Guilt felt by the survivors






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






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. Fidelity to moral principles






20. 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






21. 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






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






23. 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.






24. 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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. 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






31. The study of death






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






33. A deliberate act of self destruction






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






35. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






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






37. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






38. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






39. The feelings and their expression






40. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






41. 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.






42. 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






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






44. 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






45. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






46. 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'.






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






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






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






50. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem