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DSST Grief Counseling

Subjects : dsst, psychiatry
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1. Specialized techniques which are used to help people with COMPLICATED grief reactions. Funeral Directors do NOT do grief theapy.






2. 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.






3. 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.






4. 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).






5. 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






6. 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.






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






8. 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






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






10. The counseling which occures before death






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






12. 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






13. 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






14. (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






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






16. 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






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






18. 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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19. 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






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






21. 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.






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

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23. 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).






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






25. Funeral Directors Facilitate Grief by:






26. 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.






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






28. 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






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






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






31. 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






32. A method for gaining information and increasing understanding






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. Perferred style of counseling in funeral service






36. 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).






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

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38. Wolfelt






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






42. 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






43. 2 processes foster empathetic understanding - reflection and clarification






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. 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.






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






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






49. Funeral Directors Facilitate Grief by: (continued)






50. What are the Counseling Principles and Procedures?

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