Study Guide HS 203 Counseling Techniques
STUDY GUIDE
HS 203 Counseling Techniques
1.affect: expression of mood, temperament, and feelings; overt emotional state.
2.aloof: distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote: stood apart with aloof dignity. At a distance but within view; apart.
3.circumstantial: of no primary significance; incidental.
4.coherent: logically consistent; connected; able to think or express one’s thoughts in a clear or orderly manner.
5.compulsions: repetitive behaviors; such as hand washing, checking things, counting, putting things in order.
6.confide: to trust.
7.constricted affect: diminished variability and intensity with which emotions are expressed.
8.delusion: a false belief strongly held in spite of invalidating evidence.
9.disheveled: being in loose disarray; unkempt, as hair or clothing; untidy.
10.euphoric: to perceive extreme well being.
11.grandiose: characterized by greatness of scope or intent; grand.
12.hallucination: An imagined perception of some object or phenomenon that is not really present. It may involve hearing nonexistent voices (auditory hallucination), seeing objects that are not there (visual hallucination), smelling (olfactory hallucination), and touching (tactile hallucination).
13.hygiene: a person’s state of cleanliness.
14.ideas of reference: an inaccurate belief that the behaviors of others have some effect on the individual.
15.ideation: to form an idea of; imagine or conceive.
16.illogical: without logic; senseless.
17.incoherent: lacking connection; unable to think or express one’s thoughts in a clear or orderly manner.
18.in-sight: self-understanding and awareness of one’s feelings, motivations, and problems.
19.irrelevant: unrelated to the matter at hand; not important.
20.labile affect: abrupt shifts and excessive variation in an individual’s expression of mood.
21.logical: reasoning or capable of reasoning in a clear and consistent manner.
22.loose association: shift abruptly from one thought to another with little or no connection.
23.magical thinking: the idea that one’s thoughts or actions influence the environment or cause events to occur.
24.meticulous: extremely careful and precise; extremely or excessively concerned with details.
25.mood: an emotional state that influences an individual’s perception, cognitive functions, and actions.
26.obsessions: persistent ideas, thoughts, and impulses.
27.oriented: aware of the world in relation to one’s self.
28.phobia: a persistent, abnormal, or irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid the feared stimulus; a strong fear, dislike, or aversion.
29.psychosis: a severe mental disorder loss of contact with reality and causing deterioration of normal social functioning.
30.psychotic: of, relating to, or affected by psychosis.
31.relevant: having a bearing on or connection with the matter at hand; what is important.
32.self-depreciative: to undervalue or belittle oneself.
33.tangential: merely touching or slightly connected; only superficially relevant.
34.temperament: the manner of thinking, behaving, or reacting characteristic of a specific person: a nervous temperament.
35.coun-ter-trans-fer-ence: The inappropriate feelings that are aroused in the psychotherapist toward the client.
36.trans-fer-ence: In therapy the feelings that a client displaces onto the therapist, especially the feelings that they have toward a significant person in their past (i.e., mother or father).
37.congruent: Corresponding, fits together.
38.incongruent: Not corresponding, does not fit together.
39.Psychoanalytic Therapy: A key figure is Sigmund Freud.
40.Behavior Therapy: A key figure is B.F. Skinner.
41.Rational-Emotive Therapy: A key figure is Albert Ellis.
42.Client Centered Therapy: A key figure is Carl Rogers.
43.Gestalt Therapy: A key figure is Frederick (Fritz) Perls.
44.Reality Therapy: A key figure is William Glasser.
45.Adlerian Therapy: A key figure is Alfred Adler.
- DSM IV: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Axis I:Clinical Disorders; Other Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention
- DSM IV: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Axis II: Personality Disorders; Mental Retardation
48.DSM IV: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Axis III: General Medical Conditions
49.DSM IV: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Axis IV: Psychosocial and Environmental Problems
50.DSM IV: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Axis V: Global Assessment of Functioning
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