Who Should Register:Members of the public, clergy, chaplains, employment and career counselors, transition shelter workers, members of armed forces and law enforcement, SICU nurses, intensive critical care nurses, corrections officers, young offender counselors, addiction counselors, oncology healthcare professionals, fire and emergency rescue workers, hospital education and training staff, pastors and pastoral counselors, marriage and divorce counselors, funeral directors and staff, school administrators, school counselors and teachers, nurses, social workers, lawyers, psychologists, physicans, surgeons, disability and rehabilitation counselors, occupational therapists, psychiatrists, airline staff, human resources professionals, insurance counselors, credit counselors, banking and wealth management representatives, accountants, professional counselors, other members of the helping professions.
In this practical online course you will learn what to say to help someone who is grieving and needs healing to move forward in life.
The course text and assignments are included in tuition and are sent to you immediately as a PDF attached email file with a hard copy sent by regular mail.
Grief Counseling Theory and Skills Course
Course Objective: To acquire knowledge related to many types of loss and the skills for healing grief and moving forward in one’s life.
Prerequisites: 1) Sincere desire to help others. 2) Literacy in the English language.
Topics: 1. The many kinds of loss common to human experience: breakup, death of a loved one, divorce, bankruptcy, terminal illness, permanent disability, and many others. 2. The range of painful emotions of grief and bereavement related to different types of loss. 3. The unfinished business or unspoken words and unresolved issues related to loss and grief, especially in the death of a loved one and terminal illness. 4. The process of letting go and saying goodbye to a loss in order to reconstruct one’s life and move forward. 5. How to identify and change unhealthy patterns and behaviours resulting from grief and how to adopt healthy behaviors in the recovery process. Text (provided with tuition):Loss and Grief Counseling Skills by Daniel Keeran, MSW
Assignments (completed by email): 1. Give the answers to a set of questions from the text covering the topics of the course listed above. 2. Based on questions provided, write a brief essay on your own losses and related emotions and affects on your life.
Time for completion:Allowing 2 hours per day, the course can be completed in less than one week but no time limitation is required.
Instructor: Your instructor is Daniel Keeran, MA, MSW, therapist and grief counselor for over 30 years and author of Loss and Grief Counseling Skills and Effective Counseling Skills. With experience in private practice and hospital settings, he has conducted many grief therapy groups and trained thousands of people from the general public as well as social workers, nurses, and others working in the field of death and dying. Mr. Keeran is also available to provide consultation without charge to students requesting professional guidance for grief-related situations. He is an allexperts contributor for coping with loss, marriage, and mental health issues.
COURSE REGISTRATION AND SECURE TUITION PAYMENT ($349 including text, assignments, instructor support on request, certificate handling and postage)
