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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. 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.






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. 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






4. Guilt felt by the survivors






5. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






6. A stage moral development in which the inididual is characterized as not understanding the rules or feeling a sense of obligation to them. looking to experience only that which is good or pleasant or to avoid that which is painful.






7. 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






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






9. A deliberate act of self destruction






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






11. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






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






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






14. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






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






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






18. Blame directed towards another person






19. 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






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






21. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






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






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






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






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






26. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






27. Spoken - oral communication






28. 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






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






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






31. An emotion or set of emotions due to a loss






32. The killing of one human being by another






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






34. The individual providing assistance and guidance






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






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






37. That counseling which occurs before a death






38. 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






39. 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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






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






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






50. 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'.