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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The feelings and their expression






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






3. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






4. Spoken - oral communication






5. 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






6. The study of death






7. 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






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






9. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






10. Blame directed towards another person






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






12. 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






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






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






15. 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






16. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






17. 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






18. 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






19. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






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






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






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






23. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






24. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






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






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






27. The individual providing assistance and guidance






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






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






30. Rules that govern society






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






41. 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.






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






43. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






45. 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






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






47. That counseling which occurs before a death






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






49. 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'.






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