Title: Explain types of counseling techniques.
Course: Introduction to Mortuary Science (14299) > Section: Exploring the Purposes, Procedures, and Values of Funeral Services

Explanation should include

- writing a letter to the decedent or to a higher being expressing your thoughts
- putting together a memory book that includes stories about family events, photos, poems, etc.
- reading about grief to normalize the grief experience
- videotaping tributes
- creating journal entries (written, electronic)
- sending electronic condolences
- writing an electronic obituary
- creating grief jewelry
- following social media norms.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How has social media played a large part in expressions of grief?
- When does social media become offensive in relation to a funeral service?
- What are electronic condolences?