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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. To hold certain information in trust and not disclose without proper authorization or authority






2. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






3. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






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






5. 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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






12. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






13. The individual providing assistance and guidance






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






15. 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






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






17. 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






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






19. Rules that govern society






20. 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






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






22. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






24. 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






25. 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






26. The study of death






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






28. 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






29. Blame directed towards another person






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






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






33. A belief in god or gods






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






35. An organized - flexible - purposeful - group centered - time-limited response to death which reflects revernce - dignity and respect






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






37. Guilt felt by the survivors






38. 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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Fidelity to moral principles






48. 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






49. The state of being prevented from attaining a purpose; thwarted; the blocking of the satisfaction of a perceived need by some kind of obstacle






50. 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