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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The study of human behavior






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






3. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






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






5. Fidelity to moral principles






6. The ability to present one's self sincerely






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






19. 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






20. 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






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






22. That counseling which occurs before a death






23. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






24. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






25. 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






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






27. The killing of one human being by another






28. The set of values - ideas and opinions of an individual or group






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






30. 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






31. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






32. The study of death






33. 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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. The reaction of the body to an even often experienced emotionally as a sudden - violent and upsetting disturbance






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






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






45. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






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






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






48. 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






49. 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






50. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome