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






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






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






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






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






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






7. The defense mechanism by which a person is unable or refuses to see things as they are because such facts are threatening to the self






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






9. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






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






11. 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






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. The killing of one human being by another






14. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






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






16. 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






17. Moral principles that vary with circumstance






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






19. 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.






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. 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






22. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






23. Guilt felt by the survivors






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






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






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






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






28. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






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






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






31. 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






32. The feelings and their expression






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






34. 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






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






36. 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






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






38. Fidelity to moral principles






39. 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






40. 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






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






42. 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






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






44. 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






45. 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






46. That counseling which occurs before a death






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






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






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






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