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DSST Grief Counseling

Subjects : dsst, psychiatry
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1. The counselor take a LIVE speaking role - asking questions - suggesint course of action - etc.






2. 3 selves in us; the self concept - the real self - and the ideal self. Congruence is the amount of agreement between the 3. 1. Self concept is the way a person sees him/her self. 2. Ideal self is who 1 would like to be or ought to be 3. Real self is






3. 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.






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






5. 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






6. What type of counseling helps people facilitate UNCOMPLICATED grief?






7. Funeral Directors Facilitate Grief by:






8. The ability to communicate the belief that everyone possess the capacity and right to choose alternatives and make decisions






9. 2. Building a helping relationship - you respond by showing a willingness to assist the family - you offer counseling on what needs to be done now. You respond with concern and care to any questions they have.






10. The most serious threatening an individual's appraisal of an event - the greater the likelyhood for primitive coping behaviors.






11. The ability to enter into & share the feelings of others.






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

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13. 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






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

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15. 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






16. 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






17. 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






18. 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






19. What are the Counseling Principles and Procedures?

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






21. The ability to be considerate and friendly as demonsrated by both verbal and non-verbal behaviors






22. 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.






23. 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).






24. 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.






25. 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






26. The counseling which occures before death






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






28. 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






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






30. 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






31. Also known as 'person-centered counseling' - a counseling method involving removing obstacles so the client can move forward - freeing him or her for normal growth and development.






32. The process of bringing vague content in the interaction onto clearer focus or understanding. (clarifying goes beyond paraphrasing because you make a guess about the persons basic message and restate it).






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






34. (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






35. 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).






36. 2 processes foster empathetic understanding - reflection and clarification






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

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38. 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.






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






40. 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






41. 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.






42. 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.






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






44. 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

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45. Wolfelt






46. Perferred style of counseling in funeral service






47. 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






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






49. Funeral Directors Facilitate Grief by: (continued)






50. 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