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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Counseling in which a counselor shares a body of special information with a counselee






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






3. 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






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






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






6. A deliberate act of self destruction






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






8. Spoken - oral communication






9. The study of human behavior






10. 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






11. The ability to present one's self sincerely






12. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






13. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






14. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






15. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






16. A stage of moral development in which the expectations of the social group (family - community and nation) are supported and maintained






17. Rules that govern society






18. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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)






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






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






30. 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.






31. 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






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






33. 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






34. 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






35. 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






36. Fidelity to moral principles






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






38. The feelings and their expression






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






40. The killing of one human being by another






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






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






43. 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






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






45. 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






46. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






47. A therapeutic experiance for reasonably healthy persons. do no confuse this with psychotherapy which is treatment for emotionally disturbed persons - who seek or are referred for assistance with pathological problems. A counselor's clients are encour






48. 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






49. 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






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