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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Something - as a reason or desire - acting as a spur to action






2. 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






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






4. The ability to present one's self sincerely






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






6. 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)






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






8. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






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






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






11. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






12. Rules that govern society






13. 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'.






14. 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






15. Spoken - oral communication






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. 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






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






28. Expressing a though or idea in an alternate and sometimes a shortened form






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






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. 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






32. The experience of the emotion of grief






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






38. The killing of one human being by another






39. The state of estrangement an inidvidual feels in social settings that are viewed as foreign - unpredictable or unacceptable






40. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






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






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






43. 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






44. Consists of abstract patterns (the rules - ideas - beliefs shared by members of society) of and for living and dying - which are learned directly or indirectly






45. 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






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






47. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






48. The feelings and their expression






49. 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






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