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






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






3. 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'.






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






5. 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






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






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






9. 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






10. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






11. The feelings and their expression






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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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






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






18. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






19. 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.






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






21. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






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






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






24. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






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






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






27. Spoken - oral communication






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






29. 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






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






31. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






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






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






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






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






36. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






37. 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)






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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. The individual providing assistance and guidance






48. The study of death






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






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