Counseling Final

Aftercare (post-funeral counseling)

Those appropriate and helpful acts of counseling, personal and/or written contact that comes after the funeral

Anger

A strong feeling of displeasure and usually of antagonism

Anomic grief

Grief where mourning customs are unclear due to an inappropriate death and the absence of prior bereavement experience

Anticipatory grief

Grief in anticipation of death or loss

Anxiety

Apprehension, dread, or uneasiness similar to fear but based on an unclear threat

At-need counseling

Funeral practitioner consulting with the family from the time of death occurs until the final disposition

Attachment theory

The model describing a tendency to make strong affectional bonds with others coming from the need for security or safety

Attending (listening)

Giving undivided attention by means of verbal and non-verbal behavior

Attitude

A learned tendency to respond to people, objects, or institutions in a positive or negative way

Bereavement

The act or event of separation or loss that results in the experience of grief

Burnout

A work-related condition of mental, physical, or emotional exhaustion

Chronic grief

If that is excessive in duration and has not come to a satisfactory resolution

Cognitive psychology

From the Latin “to know”, the study of the origins and consequences of thoughts, memories, beliefs, perceptions, explanations, and other mental processes

Communication

The general term for the exchange of information, feelings, thoughts and acts between two or more people, including both verbal and non-verbal aspects of this interchange

Complicated grief

A set of emotions due to loss that interfere with normal life functions without progressing towards resolution

Coping

Ways of responding to stress

Counseling

Guidance of the individual by utilizing psychological methods

Crisis

An emotionally significant event or radical change of status in a persons life

Crisis counseling

A type of intervention that helps individuals in a crisis situation

Death anxiety

A learned emotional response to death related phenomenon which is characterized by extreme apprehension

Defense mechanism

An often unconscious mental process used to reduce anxiety

Delayed grief

Inhibited, suppressed, or postponed response to a loss

Denial

The defense mechanism by which a person is unable or refuses to see things as they are because such facts are threatening to the self

Depression

A state of despondency marked by feelings of powerlessness and hopelessness

Directive counseling

A type of counseling in which the counselor assumes the initiative and carries a major role in the identification and resolution of problems

Discrimination

The act of making a difference in treatment or favor on a basis other than individual merit

Disenfranchised grief

Grief experienced due to a loss that society fails to recognize or deems unworthy of mourning. Grief that cannot be openly acknowledged, socially sanctioned, and publicly shared

Displacement

Redirecting feelings towards a person or object other than one who caused the feelings originally

Emotion

Feelings created by brain patterns accompanied by bodily changes

Emotional intelligence

The ability to perceive, use, understand, and manage emotions

Empathy

The ability to understand what another is feeling

Euthanasia

An act or practice of allowing or causing the death of a consenting person suffering from a life-limiting condition

Exaggerated grief

Reactions that are excessive and disabling

Facilitate

To make easier, help bring about

Fear

Strong emotion marked by such reactions as alarm, dread, disquiet

Funeral service psychology

The study of human behavior and mental processes as related to funeral service

Grief

An emotion or set of emotions due to loss

Grief counseling

The process of helping people facilitate grief to a healthy resolution

Grief support group

supportive gathering of mourning individuals who have experienced loss providing emotional support, validation, and a sense of community

grief syndrome

a set of symptoms associated with loss

Grief therapy

specialized techniques used to help people with complicated grief

grief work

a set of basic tasks that must be completed for successful mourning to take place

guilt

blame directed toward oneself

homicide

the killings one human being by another

hospice

a program of palliative care for the terminally ill

informational counseling

Sharing special knowledge

masked grief

grief in which symptoms and behaviors cause difficulty but are not attributed to the loss

Memorialization

The process of preserving memories of people and events

mourning

outward expression of grief, the process of adjustment and adaption of loss

non-directive counseling

to listen, support, and advise without offering a course of action

non-verbal communication

that which is expressed by posture, facial expression, actions, and/or physical behaviors

panic

a strong emotion characterized by sudden and extreme fear

paraphrasing

repeating a thought or idea in an alternate or shortened form

Prejudice

negative attitude towards others based on characteristics such as gender, religion, race, or membership to a particular group

pre-need counseling

funeral service guidance provided prior to death

projection

attribution of one’s thoughts, feelings, or behaviors to someone else

psychology

the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes

psychotherapy

the specific psychological technique used to facilitate positive changes in a person’s personality, behavior, and adjustment

rapport

a relation of harmony established in any human interaction

rationalization

supplying a logical, acceptable reason rather than the real reason for an action

regression

retreating to an earlier level of development or to an earlier, less demanding habit or situation

repression

unconscious process by which memories, thoughts, or impulses are held out of awareness

respect

the act of giving particular attention and high regard, a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements

shame

blame that is perceived to be directed toward one’s self by others

Situational counseling

guidance related to specific situations in life that may create crises and produce human suffering

social comparison

making judgements about ourselves through comparison to others

Social facilitation

occurs when an individuals performance improves because of the presence of others

stress

the mental and physical condition that occurs when a person must adjust adapt to the environment

stressor

any situation capable of producing physical or emotional stress

sublimation

redirection of emotional energy or unacceptable impulses to culturally or socially useful purposes

SIDS / crib death

sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant, which remains unexplained after a full autopsy

suicide

deliberate and voluntary act of taking one’s life

suppression

a conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns

sympathy

expressing sincere feelings for a person who has experienced loss

thanatology

study of death, dying, and bereavement

thanatophobia

irrational and exaggerated fear of death

unconscious

the contents of the mind that are beyond awareness especially impulses and desires not directly known to a person

verbal communication

spoken, oral communication

When handling normal grief, the bereaved may feel angry. What is a source of this?

A sense of frustration that there was nothing to prevent the death

In this task, the griever begins to grasp that the person has actually died

To accept the reality of the death

How many tasks of mourning are there?

4

Who stated that mourning is similar to the process of healing a wound

Engel

This task can vary in intensity for people. It is necessary to acknowledge and work through the pain or it can manifest through physical symptoms or some form of aberrant behavior. What task is this?

To experience the pain of the death

Sleep disturbances, social withdrawal, and restless hyperactivity are considered what in normal grief?

Behaviors of grief

The grieving person may need to learn new skills, and perform functions that the person who died had previously done. The bereaved may try to gain a sense of control over his or her life. Which task is this?

To adjust to an environment in which the deceased is missing

If the bereaved is having a feeling related to the fear of not being able to take care of oneself or a fear from a heightened sense of personal awareness, what feeling is associated with this?

Anxiety

This term encompasses a broad range of feelings and behaviors that are common after loss

Uncomplicated grief

Can be a positive feeling associated with loss. Can come after a death of someone that was controlling or a burden to the bereaved

Emancipation

When this diminishes, it is usually a sign mourning is ending. Also referred to as pining

Yearning

Grieves create or continue traditions and rituals which allow them to honor the memory of the person

To find an enduring connection with the deceased in the midst of embarking on a new life

Who created the tasks of mourning

J. William Worden

Mourning ends when the mourner no longer has a need to reactivate the representation of the dead with exaggerated intensity in the course of daily life, who stated this?

Vamik D Volkan

The death becomes more of a reality as each ___ occurs without the deceased

First

What psychiatrist developed the attachment theory

John Bowlby

Hollowness in the stomach, tightness of the chest, sensitivity to noise, lack of energy are what?

Physical sensations of grief

A survivors readiness to enter new relationships depending not on “giving up” the dead spouse but on finding a suitable place for the spouse in the psychological life of the bereaved, a place that is important but leaves room for others

Schuchter and Zisook

After a long painful illness of the deceased, what is most likely to be felt by the bereaved

Relief

How many mediating factors of mourning are there

7

Who developed the mediating factors of mourning

J. Worden

Mediator #2 is the nature of the attachment, which attachment would encompass “the greater the love relationship, the greater the grief”

The strength of the attachment