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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Persons are usually conscious of the realtionship of the reaction to the death - but the reaction to the currect experience is excessive and disabling






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






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






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






5. The feelings and their expression






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






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






8. 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






9. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






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






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






12. 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






13. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






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






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






17. The study of human behavior






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






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






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






21. Fidelity to moral principles






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






23. 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.






24. 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






25. The killing of one human being by another






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






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






29. The study of death






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






31. The ability to present one's self sincerely






32. Spoken - oral communication






33. 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






34. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






35. 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






36. The individual providing assistance and guidance






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






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






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






40. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






41. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






42. 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






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






44. The experience of the emotion of grief






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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