Counselling Final

MORT SCI

Pyschology

study of human behavior

Funeral Service Psychology

study of human behavior as related to funeral service

Thanatology

study of death

Thanatophobia

irrational fear of death

Necrophobia

irrational fear of a corpse

Bereavement

separation or loss, resulting in grief

Grief

emotion, or set of emotions, due to a loss

Mourning

adjusting process of grief

Counselor

individual providing assistance and guidance

Counselling

advice given as a result of consultation

Counselling (Jackson)

anytime someone helps someone with a problem

Counselling (Rogers)

good communication with and between people

Counselling (Ohlsen)

therapeutic experience for reasonably healthy people

Pre-Need Counselling

counselling occurring before a death

At-Need Counselling

counselling occurring after a death

Post-Funeral Counselling

continued counselling occurring after a funeral

Grief Counselling

helping people facilitate uncomplicated grief to a healthy conclusion

Grief Therapy

specialized techniques to help people with complicated grief reactions

Prevention Counselling

counselling with the purpose of avoiding development of mental health problems

Remediation Counselling

counselling with the purpose of limiting existing mental health problems

Development Counselling

counselling with the purpose of fostering systematic changes over a lifespan

Intact personality

a person without a psychopathology

Informational Counselling

counsellor shared body of specific information with client

Situational Counselling

counselling that is related to specific situations in life

Psychotherapy

Intervention for people with specific needs that can only be met by specially trained professionals

Psychotherapy (Worden)

treatment for emotionally disturbed persons for assistance with pathological problems

Directive Counselling

counsellor takes an active speaking role

Non-Directive Counselling (Client Centered, Rogerian)

client comes actively and voluntarily to gain help but does not surrender responsibility for the situation

Ethological Development

behavior in an evolutionary context

Cognitive Developmental

intellectual functioning

Psychoanalytic Development

feelings, impulses, and fantasies

Phase 1 of Attachment (birth-3 months)

Indiscriminate responsiveness to humans

Phase 2 of Attachment (3-6 months)

Focusing on familiar people

Phase 3 of Attachment (6 months- 3 years)

intense attachment and active

Phase 4 of Attachment (3 years - end of childhood)

partnership behavior; reflects how child will develop the ability to form attachments later in life

Working Model of Attachment Figure (Phase 3)

child begins to recognize how attentive attachment figure is

Securely Attached

form healthy attachments as adults

Insecure-Avoidant

form emotionally detached attachments as adults

Inscure-Ambivalent

form needy/obsessive attachments as adults

Bowlby’s First Phase of Grief

numbness

Bowlby’s Second Phase of Grief

yearning and searching

Bowlby’s Third Phase of Grief

Disorganization and Despair

Bowlby’s Fourth Phase of Grief

Reorganization

Assimilation

taking in of information

Accommodations

changes in cognitive structure

Organization

synthesis of ideas into coherent systems

Period 1 of Development (birth-2 years)

Sensorimotor Intelligence; organization of physical action shchemes

Period 2 of Development (2-7 years)

Preoccupational Thought; learn to think but in illogical ways

Period 3 of Development (7-11 years)

Concrete Operations; learn to think systematically using concrete objects

Period 4 of Development (11 years- adulthood)

Formal Operations; learn to think systematically in abstract or hypothetical manner

Libido

sexual energy

Erogenous Zone

bodily area libido is focused on

Fixation

lasting preoccupation with pleasures and issues of particular sexual stage

Regression

return to previous stage in response to current stressors

Oral Stage (birth- 6 months)

sucking provides autoerotic pleasure

Primary Narcissism

self-centered perceptions (during oral stage)

Anal Stage (2-3 years)

Become focused on defecation; children are forced to act contrary to instinctual gratification

Phallic/Oedipal Stage (3-6 years)

creation of super ego; Oedipal Crisis/Electra Complex

Oedipal Crisis/Electra Complex

child sees parent of same sex as rival for the affections of the other parent

Latency Stage (6-11 years)

sexual and aggressive feelings are repressed

Genital Stage (Puberty)

sexual energy focuses on genitals of others

Id

the unconscious mind; personalities most primitive part; repressed feelings are placed back on the Id

Ego

delays immediate response/impulse and considers reality; is very weak and prone to anxiety

Pleasure Principle

maximized pleasure and minimized pain (for the Id)

Hallucination

Id built image of desired object for temporary satisfaction

Reality Principle

puts off actions until reality has been accurately perceived

Repression

rejection of thoughts from conscious thoughts

Displacement

shifting of feelings from one object onto the other

Reaction-Formation

switch feelings to opposite feelings

Projection

attributing feelings to others

Denial

denying reality

Sublimation

ego redirection of emotionally energy into socially acceptable endeavors

Superego

the conscious; controls the Ego in dealing with the Id

Superego Conscience

negative and critical aspect of the Superego

Ego Ideal

the “positive” aspect of the Superego

Freud believes that grief is performed by the ___________

Ego

Socialization

learning norms of society through experiences and interactions

Existential Anxiety

fear of one’s own death

Death Acceptance

death is a natural part of life

Death Defiance

death does not “rob” people of anything

Death Denial

death is unnatural

Antidysthanasia

against painful death

Mercy Killing

deliberate and empathetic act to end the life of terminally ill person

Euthanasia

decision not to interfere with inevitable death process

Acute Grief

intense physical and emotional expression of grief occurring as an awareness of loss increase

Normal “Uncomplicated” Grief

broad range of feelings and behaviors common after a loss

Mishandled Anger

must be present properly directed toward decedent

Displacement

directing anger at others

Guilt

turning anger inward

Emotional Loneliness

caused by broken attachmentS

Social Loneliness

feeling of having no friends or support

Apathy

lack of interest or concern

Listlessness

without energy

Pining

longing for something lost

Task I of Mourning

accepting reality of the loss

Task II of Mourning

work through the pain of grief

Task III of Mourning

adjust to the environment in which the deceased is missing

Task IV of Mourning

emotionally relocate deceased and move on with life

Distortions

lapses in perception

Delusions

breaks with reality