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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The ability to present one's self sincerely






2. 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.






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






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. Guilt felt by the survivors






7. 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






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






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






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






11. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






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






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






14. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






15. The killing of one human being by another






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






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






18. The individual providing assistance and guidance






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






20. 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.






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. A deliberate act of self destruction






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






35. 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'.






36. That counseling which occurs before a death






37. 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






38. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






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






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






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






42. 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)






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






44. 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






45. Rules that govern society






46. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






47. 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






48. The study of death






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






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