Diploma in Grief Counselling

Course Title: Diploma in Grief Counselling.

Course Length: 14 Months.

Level Equivalence: Level 6.

Learning Points:

  • Grief Through Death in the Womb or at Birth
  • Gender Differences of Grieving Parents
  • Grief in the Aftermath of Disasters
  • Counselling in Palliative Care Settings
  • Grief Work in Counselling Supervision
  • Grief, Trauma, PTS & PTSD
  • Grief Through Bereavement by Suicide
  • Impact of Personal Loss on Grief Counselling
  • Spiritual, Social and Cultural Influences on Grief
  • Grief of the Mid-Life Orphan
  • Gender Differences of Grieving Parents
  • The Traditional Rites of Passage
  • Disenfranchised Grief
  • Critical Analysis of Current Grief Models & Theories
  • Secondary Hurts and Injuries
  • Impact of Anticipatory Grief
  • Advanced Empathy, Advanced Reflections & Reality Checks

Course Requirements (Mandatory Sections)

  • Personal Learning Journal & Personal Loss Lifeline
  • Six Audio Taped Counselling Sessions
  • Monthly One-Day Workshops
  • Incoming & Outgoing Personal Grief Questionnaires

Course Requirements (Optional Sections – 2 from)

  • Written Book Review
  • Written Assignment
  • Written Grief Research Project Proposal
  • Written Grief Support Group Project Proposal
  • Worden and Kubler Ross Revisited Assignment
  • Personal Integrative Approach to Grief Counselling Bio

Assessment Criteria:

  • Course Engagement
  • Workshop Attendance
  • 6 Audio Tapes & Analysis
  • Personal Learning Journal & Loss Life Line
  • 2 Optional Sections
  • Incoming & Outgoing Personal Grief Questionnaires

Other Notes:

This comprehensive, challenging and wide-reaching course enables participants to learn more about the 18 major areas & types of death within Grief; explore in-depth their own attitudes towards Death, Dying & Grief;  expand their knowledge on the complexities of Grief; hone their counselling skills; and enrich the value of their presence and ability to hold space. Successful  completion of this course will genuinely allow participants to refer to themselves as “grief specialists!”

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