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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. 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






3. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






4. The experience of the emotion of grief






5. The study of human behavior as related to funeral service






6. Spoken - oral communication






7. The ability to present one's self sincerely






8. 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






9. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






18. The study of death






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






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






21. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






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






23. 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






24. 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






25. 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






26. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






27. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






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






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






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






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






32. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






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






34. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






35. The tendency in human beings to make strong affectional bonds with others coming from the need for secrity and safety






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






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






38. 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'.






39. 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






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






41. The study of human behavior






42. 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






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






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






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






46. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






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






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






49. 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






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