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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






2. 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






3. 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






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






5. 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






6. 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






7. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






8. The ability to present one's self sincerely






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






10. A belief in god or gods






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






12. The feelings and their expression






13. Blame directed towards another person






14. 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'.






15. 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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. 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






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






26. 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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. 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)






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






40. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






41. A general term for the exchange of information - feelings - thoughts and acts between two or more people - including both verbal and nonverbal aspects o fthis interchange






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






43. Spoken - oral communication






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






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






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






47. Guilt felt by the survivors






48. 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






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






50. The study of human behavior







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