Thanatology 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Grief Counseling, Thanatology, Grammatical Person

• School: Western University
• Department: Thanatology
• Course: Thanatology 2200
• Professor: Eunice Gorman

Document Summary

While helping the bereaved, our knowledge allows us to choose the appropriate intervention that will help that specific person in their given circumstances. * not everyone who helps the bereaved will be a counselor so some knowledge about counseling principles can be very helpful. General aspects of counseling the bereaved & dying: there is a difference b/w counseling and therapy: counseling is more short-term, supportive work that solves present problems. Therapy is more long-term and depth-oritented looking at deeper issues with the person: counseling is usually good for individuals who are grieving to help them find support and facilitate their growth via the grief process. Used for complicated grief, chronic grief, exaggerated grief, delayed grief or masked grief = more complex issues. All goals are based on the idea that the client is in charge of the process and decides what goals are important to them.