Counseling Techniques

adjective feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression

• After receiving the rejection letter, she felt despondent about her future prospects.
• He looked despondent after his favorite team lost the championship game.
• I was feeling so despondent after failing my exam that I just wanted to crawl into a hole.
• The dark clouds and pouring rain matched her despondent mood perfectly.

adjective describing something that reveals or discloses information

• The disclosive nature of the report revealed crucial information about the company's financial status.
• I didn't expect the disclosive details to be made public so soon.
• The disclosive tea that was spilled at the party last night was unbelievable!
• Her disclosive actions opened up a whole new world of possibilities for the project.

adjective relating to or involving intercession, especially in a religious context

• The intercessional meeting was held to discuss the ongoing conflict.
• I heard there's an intercessional gathering happening tomorrow.
• Let's skip the intercessional talk and get straight to the point.
• Her intercessional role in mediating between the two parties was crucial in resolving the dispute.

noun a failure to adjust properly to one's environment, such as a social or emotional maladjustment

• The therapist diagnosed the patient with maladjustment to his new job.
• She's been struggling with maladjustment ever since she moved to the city.
• His maladjustment to the rules of the game is holding the team back.
• The maladjustment of the gears in the machine caused it to malfunction.

noun a person who is authorized to perform religious functions

preposition used to indicate the person or thing affected by the action of a verb

• It is the duty of the priest to minister to the spiritual needs of the congregation.
• The therapist will minister to your emotional well-being during your sessions.
• I always feel better after my best friend ministers to me with some good advice.
• Music has the power to minister to the soul and uplift our spirits.

noun a mental or emotional disorder that affects only part of the personality, is accompanied by a less distorted perception of reality than in a psychosis, and is characterized by various types of anxiety (such as phobias, obsessions, or compulsions)

• The patient exhibited symptoms of neurosis, including anxiety and obsessive-compulsive behavior.
• She's always worrying about every little thing, it's like she has some kind of neurosis.
• He's so neurotic, always overthinking everything.
• The neurosis of society was evident in the widespread fear and paranoia surrounding the pandemic.

noun A talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service

• The priest delivered a powerful sermon on forgiveness during Sunday mass.
• I always tune out during the long sermons at church.
• I can't stand when people go on and on like they're giving a sermon.
• Her lecture on time management felt like a never-ending sermon.

verb a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, in this case, the action of sitting down

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence, in this case, indicating the action of sitting down in relation to a particular object or person

• I would like to schedule a meeting to sit down with you and discuss the project details.
• Hey, let's grab a coffee and sit down with the new intern to get to know them better.
• We should totally chill and sit down with that new video game everyone is talking about.
• It's important to sit down with your thoughts and reflect on your decisions before taking action.

noun a therapeutic substance or treatment

adjective relating to the healing of disease or injury

• The therapist recommended a therapeutic massage to help with my back pain.
• I find gardening to be therapeutic after a long day at work.
• Watching funny cat videos is my go-to therapeutic activity.
• The music was therapeutic for my soul, lifting me out of my sadness.

noun a form of psychotherapy that analyzes interactions between individuals based on the theory that each person has three ego states: parent, adult, and child

• Transactional analysis is a psychoanalytic theory that examines interactions between individuals.
• I learned about transactional analysis in my psychology class.
• I'm trying to wrap my head around this transactional analysis stuff.
• Understanding transactional analysis is like decoding the language of human interactions.

noun the action of transferring something or the process of being transferred

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• The therapist discussed the concept of transference with the patient during their session.
• I heard the counselor talking about transference with that guy in the waiting room.
• Yo, did you catch that convo about transference? Crazy stuff.
• In literature, the author's use of transference can create deep emotional connections between characters and readers.

noun physical injury

• The patient is receiving treatment for their emotional trauma.
• She's been through a lot of trauma in her life.
• That movie was so intense, it gave me trauma.
• The political scandal caused a trauma to the country's reputation.

noun a branch of psychology that focuses on character development and traits

• Characterology is the study of different personality traits and characteristics.
• I find characterology fascinating because it helps me understand people better.
• I'm really into that characterology stuff, it's like reading people's minds.
• In a way, characterology is like decoding the hidden messages within a person's behavior.

adjective relating to processes or phenomena occurring within the mind or psyche

• The therapist focused on exploring the patient's intrapsychic conflicts during the session.
• She's been dealing with a lot of intrapsychic stuff lately.
• I can't believe how messed up my intrapsychic state is right now.
• His intrapsychic struggles were like a storm raging within him.

noun a noun referring to the act of abusing or the state of being abused

• The abusion of power by government officials is a serious issue that needs to be addressed.
• She was a victim of emotional abusion in her previous relationship.
• Stop abusion me with your constant nagging!
• The abusion of social media can have negative impacts on mental health.