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DSST Grief Counseling

Subjects : dsst, psychiatry
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1. 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


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






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






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






5. 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).






6. 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.






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






8. 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.






9. Wolfelt






10. 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.






11. 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






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






13. (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






14. 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






15. 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






16. 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).






17. 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.






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


19. 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.






20. 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






21. 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






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






23. Perferred style of counseling in funeral service






24. The counseling which occures before death






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






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






27. 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






28. Funeral Directors Facilitate Grief by: (continued)






29. 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






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






31. What are the Counseling Principles and Procedures?


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






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






34. 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






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






36. 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.






37. 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






38. 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






39. 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).






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






41. 2 processes foster empathetic understanding - reflection and clarification






42. 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






43. 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.






44. 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






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






46. 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






47. A method for gaining information and increasing understanding






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






49. 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.






50. 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.