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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. Advice - especially that given as a result of consultation






2. A deliberate act of self destruction






3. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






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






5. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






6. 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






7. According to client-centered counseling - the necessary quality of a counselor being in touch with reality and other's perception of one-self.






8. 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






9. Blame directed towards another person






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






11. Expressing a though or idea in an alternate and sometimes a shortened form






12. 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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






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






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






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






25. 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






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






27. Spoken - oral communication






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






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






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






31. 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






32. The study of death






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






34. Fidelity to moral principles






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






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






37. 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)






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






39. 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






40. 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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. The individual providing assistance and guidance






46. The study of human behavior






47. 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






48. 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'.






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






50. 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