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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. 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






2. Adjustments - motivational in nature - to be achieved






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






4. A deliberate act of self destruction






5. 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






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






7. 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






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






9. The ability to present one's self sincerely






10. 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.






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






12. 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)






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






14. 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






15. 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






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






17. Blame directed towards another person






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






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






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






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






22. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






23. Guilt felt by the survivors






24. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






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






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






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






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






29. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






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






31. 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






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






33. 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






34. The individual providing assistance and guidance






35. That which is expressed by posture - facial expression - actions - physical behavior; that which is communivated by any means except verbally






36. Support or support system provided to the counselee who is seeking an alternative to problems






37. The customs - values - and standards of practice of a group - age - or theory intended to be timeless.






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






39. Rules that govern society






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






41. 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.






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






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






44. 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






45. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






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






47. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






48. A process occuring with losses aimed at loosening the attachement ot that which has been lost for appropriate reinvestment






49. That counseling which occurs before a death






50. 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






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