COUNSELING [COMPS]

Person-centered counseling is also referred to as…

Rogerian Counseling

Wolfelt - the helping relationship with the family

1. Assist the family in understanding their alternatives 2. Consolidate and plan the funeral arrangements 3. Build the relationship with the family 4. Implement the funeral arrangements

The ABC method of Crises Intervention:

A - Achieving contact with the person in crisis B - Boiling down the problems to its essentials C - Coping with the problem

Birth to three years

no comprehension

Three to five years

unable to understand the finality of death; death is like sleep or taking a long journey

Five to nine years

may understand that death is final but may not accept it as something that happens to everyone; (may fail to adequately mourn)

often personify death (i.e., boogeyman) (afraid the deceased will get out of the casket)

Nine years and above

understands death as both final and inevitable.

Chronic grief

excessive in duration (it becomes a ritual and cycle that is hard to break) -woman lost a husband and every morning sits in his chair to think about him -They may make statements like, “I’ll never recover.” -Often there is a linking object that the survivor holds or touches on a regular basis (picture, blanket, shirt, etc…) -They yearn for a relationship that never was

Delayed grief

inhibited, suppressed or postponed (After years the grief is as fresh as if it had been a recent death.) -Sometimes delayed grief response is seen after a second loss when the grieving process is not complete from the first loss.

Exaggerated grief

the reaction to the current experience is excessive & disabling. The person may experience panic attacks, phobic behavior, or an anxiety disorder (excessive depression, or excessive anxiety that may cause the person to be dysfunctional.) (May begin having severe physical ailments) -They may have psychiatric disorders such as depression & phobias. -They may read the obituaries every day, frequently mentioning death in general conversation,wear black, saying they deserve to die too, or they should have died instead.

Masked grief

Experience symptoms and behaviors, but do not recognize that they are related to the loss (sometimes stems from unresolved grief in childhood). The grief is usually masked as a physical symptom, similar to those suffered by the deceased during their last illness. -Rarely cries, does not show anger, and usually throws off guilt. -They appear to be void of emotion and they focus on themselves because their ego cannot withstand the strain of mourning.

Carl Rogers is known for

Humanistic therapy / client centered (non-directive) counseling, and unconditional positive regard

People who are anxious and uncomfortable (thanatophobia) at a funeral home are experiencing

a conditioned response

The event of loss

bereavement

Incorporating a loss into one’s life

mourning

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 (ego)

denial

Attachments come from a need for

safety & security (Bowlby)

Affect means the same thing as (synonymous)

emotion

Blame directed inward

guilt

Blame directed toward one's self by others

shame

Blame directed toward others

anger

Crying is

an external response to an emotion

A hopeless situation resulting in suicide would be

fatalistic

Directive counseling would be synonymous with

active counseling

In order to develop a counseling relationship, the counselor should be

nonjudgmental

Insomnia and loss of appetite are symptoms of

Lindemann’s Grief Syndrome

Prevented from obtaining a goal would result in

frustration Client-centered counseling is also known as

Panic

a strong emotion characterized by sudden and extreme fear.

Psychology is the study of

human behavior

Active counseling is synonymous with

directive counseling

An example of anticipatory grief

AIDS

Geographic, religion, language and ethnicity are examples of:

subcultures

If the bread-winner dies, the type of family that would be most affected would be the?

nuclear family

Matures (born 1909

1945) seeks…

Baby Boomers (born 1946

1964) seeks…

Generation X (born 1965

1980) seeks…

Millennials (born 1981

2000) seek…

Generation Z (born 2001

2020) seeks….

When in the arrangement conference, the funeral director knows that Baby Boomers…

Want products and services that will indicate success to their peers + Want products and services to be customized and made individual

When in the arrangement conference, the funeral director knows that the Generation X will…

Research products & services prior to purchase

When in the arrangement conference, the funeral director knows that the Matures…

Believe that standard options are fine, no need to customize

When in the arrangement conference, the funeral director knows that the Millennials…

Don’t want to be hurried + Want to be like their peers but with a unique twist

When in the arrangement conference, the funeral director knows that the Generation Z…

Will utilize technology to find lower cost + Are motivated by personalization

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

Denial

What is a highly emotional temporary state in which an individual's feelings of anxiety. grief, confusion or pain impair his or her ability to act?

Crisis

Feelings such as happiness, anger, and grief, created by brain patterns accompanied by bodily changes defines?

Emotions

What is a learned emotional response to death related phenomenon which is characterized by extreme apprehension?

Death Anxiety

Who believed counseling consisted of good free communication within or between men is always therapeutic?

Carl Rogers

What is a syndrome characterized by the presence of grief in anticipation of death or loss?

Anticipatory Grief

What is counseling in which a counselor shares a body of special information with a console?

Informational Counseling

What is an adjustment process which involves grief or sorrow over a period of time and helps in the reorganization of the life of the individual following a loss or death of someone loved?

Mourning

What is a defense mechanism used in grief to return to more familiar and often more primitive modes of coping?

Regression

What is the study of human behavior?

Psychology

Who is the Attachment Theory of grief associated with?

Bowlby

Carl Rogers is well known for his work in humanistic therapy, which is also known as?

Client Centered Therapy

"Affect" is synonymous with?

Emotion

Using specialized techniques to help people with abnormal grief is known as?

Grief Therapy

Grief therapy is most appropriate when a?

Complicated grief reaction is manifested as prolonged grief

Which of the following acts of mourning is to experience the pain of loss?

Second

Directive counseling is also known as?

Active

A person in need of grief counseling should be referred to?

A psychologist

“Emovere,” the Latin root of the word “emotion,” means?

To move or stir up

Which of the following is an example of a type of after-care follow-up?

Educational programs

According to Bowlby, attachments come from a need for?

Safety and Security

Symptomatology of normal grief is associated with?

Lindemann

Patriarchal families usually are?

Less mobile

Patriarchal families are generally…?

extended joint families

What is a cluster of two or more nuclear families united by a social bond for security, protection and help?

Modified Extended Family

Is experiencing symptoms of the deceased’s last illness normal grief? NO

Is guilt, hallucinations, & somatic distress normal grief responses?

YES

Children should be encouraged to participate in a funeral by age?

7

Each of the following has affected the nuclear family except?

An increase in the day to day confrontation with death

The bereaved person charged with the decisions of funeral arrangements will generally be guided by personal values and by?

The norms of culture

What change in the American funeral rite is most closely associated with improvement in transportation?

The selection of funeral homes are no longer made because of proximity

Wolfelt identifies which of the following as characteristics of stress?

Irritability and Impatience

Following the death of a loved one, an individual expresses to the practitioner that he is suffering from insomnia and loss of appetite. The practitioner realizes that the individual is experiencing symptoms of?

Lindemann's Grief Syndrome

Any time someone helps someone else with a problem is considered counseling by?

Jackson

The process that initiates, directs, and sustains behavior satisfying physiological or psychological needs defines?

Motivation

What is the study of death?

Thanatology

What is centering a client's thinking and feelings on the situation causing a problem and assisting the person in choosing the behavior or adjustment to solve the problem?

Focusing

Redirection of emotion to culturally or socially useful purposes is?

Sublimation

What type of grief occurs when a person experiences symptoms and behaviors, which cause them difficulty, but they do not see or recognize the fact that these are related to the loss?

Masked Grief

Blocking threatening material from consciousness describes?

Repression

What is a term to describe the experience of grief, especially in young, bereaved parents where mourning customs are unclear due to an inappropriate death and the absence of prior bereavement experience?

Anomic Grief

What is the state of estrangement an individual feels in social settings that are viewed as foreign, unpredictable, or unacceptable?

Alienation

What is a strong emotion characterized by sudden and extreme fear?

Panic

Intervention with people whose needs are so specific that usually they can only be met by specifically trained physicians or psychologists describes?

Psychotherapy

What is an irrational, exaggerated fear of death?

Thanatophobia

Negative attitudes towards others based on gender, religion, race or membership in a particular group describes?

Prejudice

What is a process occurring with loss aimed at loosening the attachment to the dead for reinvestment in the living?

Griefwork

What is the individual's ability to adjust to the psychological and emotional changes brought on by a stressful event such as the death of a significant other?

Adaptation

What is a defense mechanism in which anger is redirected toward a person or object other than the one who provided the anger originally?

Displaced Aggression

According to client-centered counseling, the necessary quality of a counselor being in touch with reality and with others perception of oneself defines?

Congruence

What term means 'to know'?

Cognitive

What term means to assist in the understanding of the circumstances of situations the individual is experiencing, and to assist that person in the selection of an alternative adjustment if necessary?

Facilitate

Blame directed toward oneself based on real or unreal conditions is?

Guilt

Persons are usually conscious of the relationship of the reaction to the death, but the reaction to the current experience is excessive and disabling describes?

Exaggerated Grief

Any event, person or object that lessens the degree of pain in grief describes?

Mitigation

What is a relation of harmony, conformity, accord or affinity established in any human interaction?

Rapport