1. Psychology & Counseling Flashcards
The study of human behavior
Discipline in human behavior, sport, clinical, cognitive, etc etc
“Science of the Soul”
Psychology
Study of human behavior as related to funeral service
Different cultures have different acceptable behaviors
Funeral Service Psychology
Experience of the emotion grief
Bereavement
Emotion (or set of) due to loss
5 stages
Grief
Helping people facilitate uncomplicated grief
Help healthy completion of grieving
Within Reasonable time frame
Grief Counseling
Adjustment process involving grief and sorrow
Helps in reorganization of the life of an individual following the death of a loved one
Mourning
Study of death
Thanatology
Irrational, exaggerated fear of death, anxiety by fear of one’s death or process of dying
Thanatophobia
What is the webster definition of counseling?
Advice, as a result of consultation
What is the Jackson definition of counseling?
Anytime someone helps another with a problem
What is the Rogers definition of counseling?
Good communication within people
Person Centered - make them feel seen and heard
What is the Ohlsen definition of counseling?
Therapeutic experience for healthy people
What are the needs of the bereaved?
Confirm reality
Establish security and Stability
Receive emotional support
Express emotions
Modify emotional ties to deceased
Provide basis for building new interpersonal relationships
What are the purposes and values of the funeral?
People need physical support
Opportunity to receive and express love
Show respect
Opportunity to express grief
face to face confrontation with the death
Farewell opportunities through rituals
What are the types of counseling?
informational
Situational
Psychotherapy