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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






2. 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






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






4. A deliberate act of self destruction






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






13. The experience of the emotion of grief






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






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






16. 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)






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






18. That counseling which occurs before a death






19. Rules that govern society






20. 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






21. Blame directed towards another person






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






23. 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






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






25. The individual providing assistance and guidance






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






27. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






28. 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'.






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






30. Guilt felt by the survivors






31. Fidelity to moral principles






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






33. 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






34. 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






35. A belief in god or gods






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






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






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






39. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






40. 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






41. The ability to present one's self sincerely






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






43. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






44. 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






45. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






46. 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






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






48. The feelings and their expression






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






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