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DSST Grief Counseling

Subjects : dsst, psychiatry
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1. According to Worden - specialized techniques which are used to help people with COMPLICATED grief reations. Of course this is a 'therapy' and untrained Funeral Directors do not do this type of therapy.






2. When you express in fresh words the essential feeling stated or strongly implied of a person






3. Wolfelt






4. Might run off a 'series' of questions like - 'what was your father's date of birth?' where was he born? was he a veteran? This approach usually makes the person feel like an approach object instead of a person. Bombarding with questions communicate t


5. In this phase you begin to use the skills more effectively however; you continue to be more self-conscious as you use them. You are getting better at using the skills - but they still feel somewhat mechanical. You can begin to use language that is na






6. Intervention with people whose needs are so specific that usually they can only be met by SPECIFICALLY TRAINED PHYSICIANS or PHYCHOLOGISTS. The practitioners in this field need special training because they often work with deeper levels of consciousn






7. The counseling which occures before death






8. Specialized techniques which are used to help people with COMPLICATED grief reactions. Funeral Directors do NOT do grief theapy.






9. 6. Conclusion of the funeral process - you assist the family with a sense of closure upon completion of the funeral. You might join in the fellowship that often occurs following the completion of the funeral.






10. What are the Components of Non-Directive Counseling?


11. 4. Consolidation and planning - You assist the family in coming to decisions about the funeral that best meets their needs. You jointly develop a specific action plan designed to best meet their emotional needs at the time.






12. A method for gaining information and increasing understanding






13. Where you ask the person for verification of your understanding of what has been said over the past several statements. (Check that understanding is taking place with the other person).






14. Perferred style of counseling in funeral service






15. What are the GOALS of Counseling according to Worden?






16. What are the Counseling Principles and Procedures?


17. 5. Implement and action - you conduct a funeral service that follows the planning model developed with the family - you also bring together a variety of helping resources within your community to assist in this action oriented helping process.






18. This final phase occurs only after you have completed the training and practice the skills extensively. You must use the skills on a daily basis over an extended time to get to this level. The skills come naturally and comfortably without you even co






19. The counselor take a LIVE speaking role - asking questions - suggesint course of action - etc.






20. (focusing to much on self) The 'self disclosure' has been known to bore people to death. S/he like to talk about self - particularly personal experiences. This person might say something like 'when my grandfather died we decided it was best to...' Se






21. Every individual has the resources for personal development & growth - and that is the role of the counselor to develop favorable conditions for the natural phenomenon of personal development as the process of a person becoming more fully themselves.






22. Dominating an interaction with another person can be best described by the following: general sense of impatience - changing the subject - attempting to persuade and lecturing or preaching. The 'dominator' often thinks s/he knows the answer before th






23. Anticipating where the person is going and responding with a positive encouraging remark. (it is you - slightly anticipating the persons direction of thought).






24. A method of trying to gather serval ideas and feelings at the end of a period of discussion or the arrangement conference (a brief review of points covered in a portion of the counseling session).






25. Should be person to person relationship in which the therapist talked with client. By using the word client instead of patient Rogers wanted to indicate that the client is not sick in any organic sense.






26. Also called client-centered; person-centered; Rogerian counseling: a phrase coined by Carl Rogers to refere to the types of counseling where one comes actively & voluntarily to gain help on a problem - but without any notion of surrendering his own r






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






28. A method of restarting the person's basic message in similar but usually fewer words. (expressing a thought or idea in a alternate and sometimes shortened form).






29. Sharing of facts possessed by a funeral director (providing information that will allow the person to make an informal decision)






30. When the funeral director physcially communicates interest or give attention to the person (giving undivided attention by means of verbal and non-verbal behavior)






31. The phrase involves learning that some skills are available to you - that some you may not have known about. This may result in a combination of excitement about learning something new and some fear about the aquisition process.






32. Funeral Directors Facilitate Grief by: (continued)






33. 3. Exploration and assistance in helping the family understand their alternatives - you liste and explore with the family the variety of alternatives available to them with regard to the funeral. You gather facts - explore feelings and seek mutual un






34. What are some of the Components of Non-Directive Counseling - Continued?


35. A death has occurred and the funeral director is counseling with the family as they select the services and items of merchandise in completing arrangements.






36. 1. A sense of personal distance 2. Avoiding discussion and painfil issues Distancinng can occur in helping relationsips in different ways. Detachment occurs when you simply perform the required tasks while maintaining a sense of personal aloofness an






37. 1. Entering into the helping relationship - a member of the family has phoned you funeral home and informed you of the death of a family member. The family member has asked for your assistance






38. Counseling in which a counselor shares a body of special INFORMATION with a counselee. Funeral directors of this type of counseling as well)






39. 1. To increase the reality of the loss 2. To help the counselee deal with both expressed and latent effect 3. To help the counselee overcome various impediments to readjust to after the loss 4. To encourage the counselee to make a healthy emotional w






40. What are some of the Components of Non-Directive Counseling - Continued?


41. Present one's self sincerely (more your 3 selves are together - the more sincere you will be)






42. Dominating behaviors communicate a sense of disrespect for a person's ability to decide what is best for self.






43. The method of counseling whuch stresses the inherent worth of the client and the natural capacity for growth and health.






44. In this phase you have increased your awareness of some new ways of communication but probably experience some difficulty in using the new skills. You may feel mechanical and like this really isn't you speaking or listening. You do not feel spontaneo






45. A period of heightened phychological accessibility which will last for approximately 4-6 weeks. The person is less defensive then usual and more open to OUTSIDE INTERVENTION and CHANGE.






46. Offering platitudes or false reassurance - to offer false reassurenace is to distance yourself from the person you are attempting to help. When someone has experienced the death of someone loved - false reassurance often leaves feelings of lonieless






47. 2 processes foster empathetic understanding - reflection and clarification






48. 7. Post. Funeral service follow-up. after the funeral you might have a structured follow-up program to offer additional assistnce to families. You may serve as an informational - & referral service for additional help - oriented service within your c






49. Helping people facility UNCOMPLICATED grief to a healthy completion of the tasks of grieving within a reasonable time frame. Funeral Director's do this type.






50. Counseling related to SPECIFIC SITUATIONS in life that may create crises & produce human pain & suffering. This type of counseling adds another dymension to the giving of info in that it deals with significant feelings that are produced by life crise