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Counseling Vocab
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Counseling Vocab
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1. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns

2. 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

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

4. The killing of one human being by another

5. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased

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

7. 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

8. Guilt felt by the survivors

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

10. 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

11. 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

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

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

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

15. 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

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

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

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

19. 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

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

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

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

23. The study of death

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

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