Glossary
Psychology
Bereavement, Mourning, and Grief
Counseling
Glossary Part II
Communication
100

_____ is a transportation service that must accept passengers or freight if the fare is paid

Common carrier

100

____ is the first stage of grief

Denial

100

____ is the outward expression of grief

Mourning

100

A means of supplying support after a death has occurred

Aftercare

100

_____ is the method of reducing a body to bone fragments by intense heat

Cremation

100

Tone of voice and talking speed are important in this type of communication

Verbal

200

_____ is the act of human beings responding to verbal and nonverbal behavior

Communication

200

_____ is one benefit of having a viewing 

Helps accept the reality of death, provides closures, encourages emotional expression, cultural and religious significance

200

_____ grief is a reaction that is prolonged or excessive in duration

Chronic

200

______ is one of the characteristics of a good counselor

Sincerity, Integrity, Empathy, Warmth, Genuineness, Respect

200

_____ is a service that takes place without the body present

Memorial service

200

Maintaining eye contact to show attentiveness is a type of ______ communication

Non-verbal

300

_____ is a speech given in honor of the deceased

Eulogy

300

Fatigue and changes in appetite are types of _____ reactions to grief

Physical

300

______ grief is grief that interferes with normal life functions without progressing towards resolution

Complicated

300

____ is the first stage of skill development

Awareness

300

_____ is the process of placing cremated remains in an urn

Inurnment

300

_____ is giving undivided attention to a speaker through both verbal and nonverbal behaviors

Attending (Listening)

400

_____ is a funeral rite conducted at the place of final disposition

Committal service

400

____ developed the tasks of mourning

Worden

400

________ is the act or event of loss resulting in grief

Bereavement 

400

_____ is one of the mentioned unethical behaviors 

Sexual activity with a client, creating dependency in a client, imposing one's values on a client, exceeding professional competence, claiming expertise, violation of confidentiality 

400

_____ is the study of death, dying, bereavement, and mourning

Thanatology 

400

Gestures and facial expressions are an important part of this type of communication

Non-verbal

500

_____ is the ethical obligation to keep information private

Confidentiality

500

The five stages of grief were developed by 

Kubler-Ross

500
Complicated grief needs ______, which is more intensive than Grief Counseling

Grief Therapy

500

_____ is one barrier to being a good counselor

Asking too many questions, dominating the interaction, inappropriate self-disclosures, offering platitudes, discouraging emotions, emotional distancing

500

______ is the study of how people use space in communication

Proxemics

500

____ is not an effective listening technique for Funeral Directors

Insensitive, insulated, selective 

600

_____ is the act of bending the right knee as an indication of reverence

Genuflecting

600

Attachment theory, which suggests that grief results from the breaking of emotional bonds and the need for security and safety, was created by 

Bowlby

600

____ grief is when a reaction does not occur in a normal timeframe but occurs at a later time

Delayed

600

_____ is one of the sources of anger

Frustration, regressive helplessness

600

______ is a federal agency that administers benefits for military veterans

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

600

Allowance of silence is a(n) _______

Attending skill
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