GC 420
GRIEF THERAPY
Course Information
This online CEU course provides students with a comprehensive study of Grief Therapy as used today in counseling modalities. Students will study attachment theory, loss and the experiences of grief and the process of mourning. This leads into an in-depth presentation of abnormal grief reactions, complicated mourning processes, and when to use more advanced modalities of care and counseling. Students will study grief therapies and learn when to refer clients for such. Issues of the counselor's own grief and burn-out syndromes are also addressed. Special situations of grief and mourning are also explored. Upon successful completion of this course, students are awarded 30 contact hours of continuing education credits. Course Code: GC 420.
This course is particularly designed for those who would like to apply for Certification as a Grief Counselor with the American Academy of Grief Counseling; have a college degree already that qualifies them for waiver of 100 hours of continuing education; and, need to complete the additional 80 hours of continuing education to meet the requirements for certification. This course can not be used for future CEU's toward recertification.
Instructor/Course Author: Dominick L. Flarey, Ph.D, MBA, RN,BC, GC-C
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TEXTBOOKS: There is one (1) required textbook for this course. Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy: A Handbook for the Mental Health Practitioner (3rd edition). By: J. William Worden. New York;Tavistock Publications Ltd Springer Publications:2003. ISBN # 1-58391-941-4
You are required to order your own copy of the textbook. Please be sure to order your book as soon as possible so that you can begin your course of study.
You may order the textbook directly on line from Amazon.com by accessing the link below in red. Or, you may order the book from your local bookstore, or any online bookstore of your choice.
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TIME FRAME: You are allotted two years from the date of enrollment, to complete this course. There are no set time-frames, other than the two year allotted time.
Additional CE Option: this course is approved by CCMS, Inc., which is an approved provider with NBCC (National Board of Certified Counselors). CCMS, Inc., is also a continuing education provider with NAADAC,, CASAC (California), OASAS, the states of Wyoming, Montana, Arkansas, Idaho and many others. CCMS, Inc. offers our students the option of applying for and receiving a CE certificate for this course. Their CE certificate means that your course will show evidence of NBCC approval, as well as the other approvals which CCMS, Inc. provides. The fees for CE certificates with course approvals from CCMS, Inc. are very reasonable. Full information is provided in our online classrooms for enrolled students.
ONLINE COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARDS: Enrolled students have full access to our online Student Community Message Boards. These message boards allow students in our CE courses to meet each other, communicate online, share information, discuss topics of study and interest and much more. Full access is provided via the online classrooms.
COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
1). Discuss the theories of Attachment, Loss, and Grief.
2). Define and discuss the experiences of loss.
3). Define and discuss Attachment Theory.
4). Understand the similarities and differences between grief
and depression.
5). Define and discuss the mourning process.
6). Define, discuss and apply counseling for the facilitation
of uncomplicated grief.
7). Define the goals of grief counseling.
8). Describe the most useful techniques used in grief counseling.
9). Discuss the use of medication in therapies.
10). Discuss the effectiveness of grief counseling.
11). Define and discuss abnormal grief reactions.
12). Define and discuss complicated mourning.
13). Discuss why people fail to grieve.
14). Define criteria for diagnosing complicated grief.
15). Understand and discuss the core features and applications
for grief therapies.
16). Define special considerations for grief therapy.
17). Discuss the use of dreams in grief therapy.
18). Define criteria for evaluating the results of grief therapy.
19). Define and discuss grieving of special types of losses.
20). Define and discuss issues of grief related to family systems.
21). Understand issues related to the counselor's own grief.
22). Define and discuss issues related to counselor "burn out."
23). Identify commonly accepted training issues for grief counseling
and therapy.
COURSE CONTENT:
A brief abstract of content:
1). Attachment and loss
2). Attachment theories
3). The experience of grief
4). Normal grief and grief manifestations
5). Grief cognition's and behaviors
6). Grief and depression
7). Stages and phases of mourning
8). Facilitating uncomplicated grief
9). Counseling principles and procedures
10). Use of psychotropic medications
11). Group counseling and support groups
12). Assessing abnormal grief reactions
13). Chronic grief reactions
14). Why people fail to grieve
15). Delayed, exaggerated and masked grief
16). Grief therapy and resolution of complicated grief
17). Techniques and evaluation of grief therapies
18). Grieving special types of losses
19). Anticipatory grief
20). Grief and family systems
21). Death of a child
22). Grief and the elderly
23). The counselor's own grief
24). Training for grief counseling
25). Grief resources and references