Funeral Service and Psychology and Counseling Chapters 1-5 Flashcards
This is the study of behavior, a complex science understanding how and why individuals react
Psychology
This is the study of human behavior as it relates to funeral service
Funeral Service Psychology
This is any deep understanding between persons that results in a changing of personality
Personal Counseling
This is an emotion or group of emotions caused by loss
Grief
This is the act or event of loss that results in the experience of grief
Bereavement
This is an adjustment process that involves grief or sorrow over a period of time and helps in the reorganization of the life of an individual following the loss or death of someone loved
Mourning
These are common needs of the bereaved
Confirm the reality Express their emotions Modify emotional ties with the deceased Memorialize the person's life Recognize and complete unfinished business Receive emotional support Be accepted for where they are Establish stability and security Provide a basis for building new interpersonal relationships
These are purposes and values of the funeral
Provides acting out ceremonies
Provides framework for group support
Encourages the expression of feelings
Provides values to live by
Theory of Attachment
Bowlby
This theory says that humans have an instinctive need to form strong attachments to others which comes from a need for security and safety. Situations that endanger that bond give rise to emotional reaction. The greater the loss the more intense the reaction
Bowlby’s Theory of Attachment
This is a set of symptoms associated with loss, which include Somatic distress, preoccupation with the image of the deceased, guilt relating to the deceased, hostile reactions, and an inability to function as one had before the death
Grief Syndrome
These are the symptoms associated with grief syndrome
Somatic distress
Preoccupation with the image of the deceased
Guilt relating to the deceased
Hostile reactions
Inability to function as one had before the death
Grief Work
Eric Lindemann
This is a process occurring with loss, aimed at loosening the attachment to the dead for reinvesting in the living
Lindemann’s Grief Work
These are the steps involved with grief work
Emancipation from bondage of the deceased
Readjustment to the environment in which the deceased is missing
Formation of new relationships
These are Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’ stages of dying
Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance
Tasks of Mourning
Worden
These are Worden’s Tasks of Mourning
Accept the Reality of the loss
Experience the pain of grief and to express emotions associated with it
Adjust to the environment in which the deceased is missing
Withdraw emotional energy and reinvest it in another relationship
This is helping people facilitate grief to a healthy completion of the tasks of grieving within a reasonable time frame
Grief Counseling
This is specialized techniques which are used to help people with complicated grief reactions
Grief Therapy
These are normal Grief reactions
Shock Sadness Lonliness Guilt Anger Anxiety Crying Preoccupation with thoughts of the deceased Dreams/Nightmares Confusing awake events
These are the reactions of the bond to an event often experienced emotionally as a sudden, violent, and upsetting disturbance
Feelings
These are examples of cognitive responses
Preoccupation with death
Inability to concentrate
Disorganized thoughts
Sense of a presence, seeing, hearing loved one
These are examples of Behavioral responses
Doing or saying things contrary to the norm
Staying inside or staying away from home
Frequent visits to places associated with the deceased
Loss of interest in social activities
