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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. The study of death






2. 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






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






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. Fidelity to moral principles






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






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






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






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






12. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






13. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






21. 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)






22. The ability to present one's self sincerely






23. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






24. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






26. Spoken - oral communication






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






28. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






29. The experience of the emotion of grief






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






31. 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






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






33. 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






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






35. 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.






36. The study of human behavior






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






38. A term to describe the experience of grief - espeically in young bereaved parents - where mourning customes are unclear due to an inappropriate death and the abscense of prior bereavement experience; typical in a society that has attempted to minimiz






39. 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






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






41. A belief in god or gods






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






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






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






45. 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






46. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






47. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






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






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






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