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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. That counseling which occurs before a death






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






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






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






5. 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'.






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






7. Expressing a though or idea in an alternate and sometimes a shortened form






8. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






9. 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






10. Rules that govern society






11. Spoken - oral communication






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






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






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






15. Fidelity to moral principles






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






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






18. 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






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






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






21. The killing of one human being by another






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






23. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






24. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






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






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






27. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






28. 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






29. Blame directed towards another person






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






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






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






33. The study of human behavior






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






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






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






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






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






39. Guilt felt by the survivors






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. 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