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DSST Grief Counseling

Subjects : dsst, psychiatry
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1. 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.






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






3. 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






4. 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.






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. The counseling which occures before death






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






8. 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






9. Wolfelt






10. A method for gaining information and increasing understanding






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






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






13. 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






14. 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).






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


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






17. 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.






18. 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






19. (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






20. 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






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






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






24. 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






25. 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.






26. 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).






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


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






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






30. Funeral Directors Facilitate Grief by:






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


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. 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.






34. Perferred style of counseling in funeral service






35. 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.






36. 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


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






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. 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






40. What are the Counseling Principles and Procedures?


41. 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.






42. 2 processes foster empathetic understanding - reflection and clarification






43. 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






44. 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.






45. Funeral Directors Facilitate Grief by: (continued)






46. 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






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






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






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






50. 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.