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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. A process occuring with losses aimed at loosening the attachement ot that which has been lost for appropriate reinvestment






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






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






4. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






5. 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






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






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






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






9. Sincere feelings for the person who is trying to adjust to a serious loss






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. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. 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'.






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






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






21. 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






22. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






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






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






25. 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






26. The experience of the emotion of grief






27. 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






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






29. 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






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






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






32. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






33. 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)






34. Spoken - oral communication






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






36. 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






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






38. A deliberate act of self destruction






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






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






41. The study of human behavior






42. The individual providing assistance and guidance






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






50. 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