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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Grief extending over a long period of time without resolution






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






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






4. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






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






6. 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






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






8. 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






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






10. 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






11. The individual providing assistance and guidance






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






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. The study of human behavior






17. 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.






18. 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






19. 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






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






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






22. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






23. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






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






25. Guilt felt by the survivors






26. A belief in god or gods






27. Blame directed towards another person






28. Rules that govern society






29. Spoken - oral communication






30. Fidelity to moral principles






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






32. 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






33. 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






34. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






39. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






46. The killing of one human being by another






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






48. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






49. 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






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