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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






2. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






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






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






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






6. 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






7. The study of human behavior






8. 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






9. Blame directed towards another person






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






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






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






13. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






14. 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.






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






16. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






17. 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






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






19. 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






20. Guilt felt by the survivors






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






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






23. The study of death






24. Consists of abstract patterns (the rules - ideas - beliefs shared by members of society) of and for living and dying - which are learned directly or indirectly






25. Counseling in which a counselor shares a body of special information with a counselee






26. The asumption of blame directed toward one's self by others






27. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






28. A learned emotional response to death-related phenomenon which is characterized by extreme apprehension






29. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






30. 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






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






32. The feelings and their expression






33. 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






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






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






39. 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






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






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






42. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






44. 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






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






46. 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






47. The killing of one human being by another






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






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






50. 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