Exam 1 Material Flashcards
In the words of Sir William Gladstone…
“Show me the manner in which a nation cares for its dead, and I will calculate with mathematical exactness the tender mercies of its people their loyalty to high ideals and their regard for the laws of the land”
Dynamics of Grief Counseling
“We have funerals everyday, the families we serve… Don’t”
____ is the scientific study of human behavior
Psychology
____ is the study of human behavior as related to funeral service
Funeral Service Psychology
____ is the “experience” of the emotion of grief… a “state” of deprivation of something valuable
Bereavement
____ is an adjustment “process” which involves grief and/or sorrow over a period of time and helps in the “reorganization” of the life of an individual following a loss or death of someone loved.
Mourning
___ is the “emotion” or “set of emotions” due to a loss
Grief
____ the study of death
Thanatology
____ an irrational, exaggerated fear of death
Thanatophobia
Counseling as defined by ____: advice, especially that given as a result of consultation
Webster
Counseling as defined by ____: anytime someone helps someone else with a problem
Edgar Jackson
Counseling as defined by ____: good communication within and between men, or good (free) communication within or between men is always therapeutic
Carl Rogers
A ____ is an individual who provides assistance and guidance
Counselor
DO NOT CONFUSE COUNSELING WITH PSYCHOTHERAPY… A TREATMENT OF MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL DISORDERS!
The ____ is to confirm reality
Needs of the Bereaved
The opportunity to receive and express love; to show respect for the family, friends and the deceased; to provide an opportunity to express grief; to provide for a face to face confrontation with death to confirm the reality that death has occurred; to gain emotional support through the sharing “joy expressed is joy increased, grief shared is grief diminished.”; theological, psychological and social needs of those who mourn are nourished; provides an opportunity for farewell through ritual; provides a dramatic presentation of the fact that a life has been lived by reflecting upon memories of the deceased; helps establish emotional stability through a social support network; and establishes a socially accepted climate for mourning and expression of feelings are all the ____ and ____ of funeral rites
Purposes and Values
“The Symptomatology and Management of Acute Grief (1944) he introduced the grief syndrome, his empirical evidence discovered patterns of behaviors. These are known as theories of grief by ____
Eric Lindemann
Somatic or bodily distress of some type, preoccupation with the image of the deceased, guilt relating to the deceased or circumstances of the death, hostile reactions, and inability to function as before the loss are some of the grief syndrome theories of ____ paper.
Eric Lindemann’s
Came up with the attachment theory “Port Loss Grief”
John Bowlby
Attachments come from a need for security and safety, situations that endanger the bond of attachment give rise to emotional reactions, the greater the potential for loss the more intense the reaction are some of theories of ____
John Bowlby
Came up with the 5 stages of death
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
Based on _____ interviews with dying patients these things tend to happen…
- Denial and isolation
- Anger
- Bargaining
- Depression
- Acceptance
"DABDA"
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’s
____ came up with the “Four Tasks of Mourning”
- Accept the reality of the loss
- Work through the pain of Grief
- Adjust to an environment in which the deceased is missing
- Emotionally relocate the deceased and move on with life
William Worden