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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






3. The individual providing assistance and guidance






4. The study of death






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. The ability to present one's self sincerely






13. 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'.






14. A belief in god or gods






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






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






17. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






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






19. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






20. 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






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






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






23. 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)






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






25. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






26. 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






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






28. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






29. Rules that govern society






30. 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






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






32. 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






33. Strong emotion marked by such reactions as alarm - dread - and disquieting






34. 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.






35. 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






36. 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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






42. Occur when persons experience symptoms and behaviors which cause them difficulty but they do not see or recognise the fact that these are related to the loss






43. 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






44. 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






45. Blame directed towards another person






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






47. 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






48. 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






49. The study of human behavior






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