CBP Grief Counseling Techniques 2

Question 1

A widow tells her counselor she alternates between sorting her husband's belongings and spending days focused on learning to manage the household finances. Which model best explains this pattern as healthy?

Accepted Answer

Dual Process Model of Coping

Answer

Stroebe and Schut's Dual Process Model describes healthy oscillation between loss-oriented and restoration-oriented coping.

Question 2

In Worden's task model, which task involves forming an enduring connection with the deceased while embarking on a new life?

Accepted Answer

Find an enduring connection with the deceased

Answer

Worden's fourth task (revised) is to find an enduring connection with the deceased while embarking on a new life.

Question 3

A counselor asks a bereaved client to speak directly to an empty chair as if the deceased were sitting in it. This technique originates from which therapeutic approach?

Accepted Answer

Gestalt therapy

Answer

The empty chair technique comes from Gestalt therapy and helps clients address unfinished business.

Question 4

Which counseling technique most directly supports Neimeyer's meaning reconstruction approach?

Accepted Answer

Encouraging the client to tell and re-story the narrative of the loss

Answer

Meaning reconstruction centers on helping clients make sense of the loss through narrative and re-authoring their life story.

Question 5

A client says, 'I keep his old sweater on my pillow.' According to Volkan, this item would best be described as a:

Accepted Answer

Linking object

Answer

Volkan described linking objects as possessions that symbolically connect the mourner to the deceased.

CBP - Certified Bereavement Practitioner Practice Test

CBP - Certified Bereavement Practitioner Practice Test

CBP Grief Counseling Techniques 2