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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. A process occuring with losses aimed at loosening the attachement ot that which has been lost for appropriate reinvestment






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






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






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






5. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






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






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






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






9. 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






10. The ability to present one's self sincerely






11. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






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






13. The study of human behavior






14. The killing of one human being by another






15. The experience of the emotion of grief






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






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






18. 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






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






20. A deliberate act of self destruction






21. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






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






23. Blame directed towards another person






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






25. 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






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






27. 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.






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






29. The study of death






30. 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






31. 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






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






33. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






34. Spoken - oral communication






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. That counseling which occurs before a death






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






38. Fidelity to moral principles






39. 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






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






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






42. The feelings and their expression






43. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






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






45. Having a sense of honor; upright and fair dealing






46. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






47. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






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






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






50. 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