Counselling in Loss

Students undertaking this module are provided with the necessary knowledge and skills for counselling people experiencing the effects of grief and loss.

An understanding of the grief process and the influence of culture are considered together with the students personal history and experience of grief and loss. Through study and self-reflection, students acquire strategies and skills to work confidently and appropriately with clients as they move through the grieving and loss process.

Learning outcomes

• Use the terminology and concepts for counselling in loss
• Identify key issues in bereavement counselling
• Explain the role of the counsellor in dealing with loss
• Identify appropriate strategies for bereavement counselling
• Demonstrate the key skills of counselling in loss
• Apply these counselling skills in a wide range of loss situations

Content areas

• Counselling in loss: a macro perspective
• Understanding attitudes, anxiety and attachment issues associated with loss
• Assessing grief and loss
• Using counselling skills to help the bereaved
• Using grief therapy to help grievers with complicated grief
• Relating to cultural and spiritual differences
• Highlighting different forms of loss and different gender responses
• Working with parental loss
• Working with childrens' loss
• Caring for caregivers, elderly and the dying
• Counselling in complex loss situations
• Developing self-awareness and maximising counselling effectiveness
  
  

This module is available on campus, by distance education or online.