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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






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. 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.






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






5. The ability to present one's self sincerely






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






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






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






9. Spoken - oral communication






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






16. 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'.






17. 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)






18. The feelings and their expression






19. Rules that govern society






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






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






22. The experience of the emotion of grief






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






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






25. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






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






27. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






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






29. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






30. 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






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






32. 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






33. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






34. A deliberate act of self destruction






35. 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






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






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






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






39. Blame directed towards another person






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






41. 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






42. 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






43. The individual providing assistance and guidance






44. 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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. 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






50. 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