Terms
Transition
A special kind of change, characterized primarily by a disconnect or break with the past
How is the Liberal strategy used when helping someone?
The use of emotional support through close contact, reassurance, and listening to feelings
what is an essential ingredient in attending to the helpee ?
Eye contact
What are examples of support groups
church organizations, clubs, families, close neighborhood groups, friend groups specifically organized as a support group
Sally just graduated high school and is about to start college at Sam Houston State University.
Transition
- Social transition
Stress
A condition characterized by physiological tension and persistent choice conflict
What is Logotherapy strategy
Dealing with the meaningfulness many persons feel about their lives. Focuses on changing the way people view their lives
what is another form of contact that has powerful comforting qualities ?
Physical touch and hugging
What is the best source of support for the helpee when the feelings of loss are strongest?
A close-knit family group
A working parent who is juggling a demanding job with childcare responsibilities, feeling overwhelmed by the constant need to multitask and meet deadlines while also ensuring their child's needs are met. This could lead to...
Stress
- Multiple stressors
- Time pressure
- Lack of Control
Crisis
A state of disorganization in which helpees face frustration of important life cycles and methods of coping with stressors
What is an important factor in successful crisis interventions?
timing! earlier help after a crisis, the more likely of a positive outcome.
What makes the helpee ventilate feelings and has powerfully supportive effect ?
Listening
What step in Renewing a Support System is: taking a look at what a support system has done for the helpee currently?
4:Examine each support member critically
A young professional, Sarah, receives an unexpected call at work informing her that her spouse has been involved in a serious car accident, leaving her feeling overwhelmed, panicked, and unable to focus on her job tasks, as she frantically tries to reach her partner and make arrangements to get to the hospital, exhibiting signs of physical distress like rapid heart rate and trembling hands while struggling to make clear decisions
Crisis
- Sudden, impactful event
-Emotional distress
- Fail to make Decisions
Coping
An active problem-solving approach to change and other stress-producing conditions.
What is the third step in crisis intervention?
To act in a directly helpful way.
A condition in which the helpee feels secure and comfortable psychologically?
Support
If the helpee needs to make changes to their support system, which step(s) would the helper recommend?
5;Decide where changes must be made
After receiving news of a job layoff, Sarah feels overwhelmed and anxious, but she decides to take a short walk outside to clear her head, then comes back to actively start updating her resume and researching potential new job opportunities, while also reaching out to a close friend to talk about the situation and gain emotional support.
Coping
- Stressful situation
- Coping mechanism
- Positive action
Grief
A normal emotional reaction to severe loss, usually of a significant person
What does "CISD" stand for is disastrous events?
Critical incident stress debriefing.
What is the first liberal use through close contact, reassurance, and listening to feelings ?
Emotional support
What are at least 3 suggested steps for renewing a support system?”
1. Identify who is the support system with a visual and how much help they offer. 2. List functions the support system offers that are beyond the basics of being available, giving information or sharing jokes. 3. list the names of the support system along with the many ways support is given. 4. Examine each support member critically in what they have done currently for the helpee. 5.Decide where changes must be made that would strengthen relationships, revive old relationships,make new relationships or remove relationships. 6.Determine skills the helpee may need in order to get through steps 4 & 5 such as social and assertive skills.
After receiving the news of her mother's sudden passing, Sarah sits alone in her childhood bedroom, surrounded by old photos and keepsakes, feeling a profound sense of numbness and disbelief, occasionally breaking down into tears as memories of her mother flood her mind; she struggles to sleep, is unable to focus at work, and avoids social interactions, feeling overwhelmed by the emptiness left by her mother's absence
Grief
- Intense emotions
- Physical symptoms
- Withdrawal from social activities