Psychology and Counseling

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

A term to describe the experience of grief, especially in young bereaved parents, where mourning customs are unclear due to an inappropriate death and the absence of prior bereavement experience; typical in a society that has attempted to minimize the impact of death through medical control of disease and social control of those who deal with the dying and the dead.

A syndrome characterized by the presence of grief in anticipation of death or loss; the actual death comes as a confirmation of knowledge of a life-limiting condition

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

The act or event of separation or loss that results in the experience of grief

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 responsibility for the situation; a non-directive method of counseling which stresses the inherent worth of the client and the natural capacity for growth and health.

Grief extending over a long period of time without resolve

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

Advice, especially that given as a result of consultation

Any time someone helps someone else with a problem

Good communication within and between people; or, good (free) communication between people is always therapeutic

A therapeutic experience for reasonably healthy persons. Do not confuse this with psychotherapy which is treatment for emotionally disturbed persons who seek (or are referred for) assistance before they develop serius neurotic, psychotic or character disorders.

Counselor takes a live speaking role, asking questions, suggesting courses of action, etc.. active

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

Redirection of emotion to other targets