Grief Counseling Principles and Practice
Summary
This course is designed to deepen knowledge and skills in grief counseling to work effectively with a diverse range of bereaved individuals. Theoretical underpinnings of grief and loss counseling and contexts in which counseling may occur will be explored. Developing specific grief assessment and intervention skills applicable to a range of clients across the lifespan and different types of loss will be the focus of the course.
- Describe a strengths-based framework for grief and loss.
- Identify social context and societal responses which impact grief.
- Describe the variety of grief expression related to various cultural and diversity mediators of grief.
- Identify at least two theoretical underpinnings of grief and loss counseling.
- Differentiate primary loss from secondary loss.
- Describe grief assessment process including grief in the context of mental health and DSM and biospsychosocial spiritual assessment.
- Differentiate grief from depression.
- Summarize the intersection of grief and trauma in the counseling process.
- Demonstrate appropriate grief interventions with ambiguous loss.
- Describe appropriate grief interventions with diverse populations e.g. older adults, LGBTQIA+, pregnancy loss, immigration, etc.
- Differentiate assessment characteristics and intervention strategies for complicated grief.
- Describe grief counseling implications for the clinician and strategies for resilience.
- Describe ethical considerations involved in grief counseling.
- Demonstrate ability to utilize several grief assessment instruments.
- Identify grief interventions for children.
Agenda
| Date | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| January 16, 2020 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm | Grief Counseling Principles and Practice Overview (Ethics) |
| January 16, 2020 | 6:00pm - 6:30pm | Strengths Based Framework of Grief and Loss |
| January 16, 2020 | 6:30pm - 7:00pm | Social Context and Societal Responses and cultural responses to grief |
| January 16, 2020 | 7:00pm - 7:30pm | Theories of Grief and loss; Mediators of Grief |
| January 16, 2020 | 7:30pm - 8:00pm | In class Application Activity |
| January 16, 2020 | 8:00pm - 8:30pm | In-Class Application Activity Continued and Report Out Reflection |
| January 23, 2020 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm | Grief Interviewing and Assessment |
| January 23, 2020 | 6:00pm - 6:30pm | Grief Assessment Process |
| January 23, 2020 | 6:30pm - 7:00pm | Grief in Context of Mental Health |
| January 23, 2020 | 7:00pm - 7:30pm | Differentiating Primary versus Secondary Losses; Grief versus depression |
| January 23, 2020 | 7:30pm - 8:30pm | Trauma and Grief Intersectionality |
| January 23, 2020 | 7:30pm - 8:00pm | Practice using Grief Assessment Tools |
| January 23, 2020 | 7:30pm - 8:00pm | Practice Using Grief Assessment Tools Continued and Report Out |
| January 30, 2020 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm | Grief Interventions with Children: Developmental Overview |
| January 30, 2020 | 6:00pm - 6:30pm | Intervention Techniques with children |
| January 30, 2020 | 6:30pm - 7:00pm | Intervention Techniques with Children Part 2 |
| January 30, 2020 | 7:00pm - 7:30pm | Intervention Techniques with Adults |
| January 30, 2020 | 7:30pm - 8:00pm | Intervention Techniques with Adults Part 2 |
| January 30, 2020 | 8:00pm - 8:30pm | Intervention Practice Activity and Discussion |
| February 6, 2020 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm | Grief Interventions with Specific Populations Overview |
| February 6, 2020 | 6:00pm - 6:30pm | Grief Interventions regarding Pregnancy Loss |
| February 6, 2020 | 6:30pm - 7:00pm | Grief Interventions regarding LGBTQIA+ clients |
| February 6, 2020 | 7:00pm - 7:30pm | Grief Interventions Regarding Ambiguous Loss |
| February 6, 2020 | 7:30pm - 8:00pm | Practical Skills Activity |
| February 6, 2020 | 8:00pm - 8:30pm | Practical Skills Activity continued and discussion |
| February 13, 2020 | 5:00pm - 5:30pm | Complicated Grief |
| February 13, 2020 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm | Complicated Grief continued |
| February 13, 2020 | 6:00pm - 6:30pm | Assessment and Intervention Demonstrations and Feedback |
| February 13, 2020 | 6:30pm - 7:00pm | Assessment and Interventions Demonstrations and Feedback |
| February 13, 2020 | 7:00pm - 7:30pm | Assessment and Interventions Demonstrations and Feedback |
| February 13, 2020 | 7:30pm - 8:00pm | Grief Counseling Implications for the clinical practitioner |
| February 13, 2020 | 8:00pm - 8:30pm | Resilience and managing own feeling and self-awareness (Ethics) |
Instructor
Debra K. Mattisonface-to-face semester course (mini-course)
Sessions
- 1/16/2020 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- 1/23/2020 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- 1/30/2020 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- 2/6/2020 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- 2/13/2020 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
CE Contact Hours
- 1 ethics face-to-face
- 14 regular face-to-face
Skill Level
Beginner
Location
U-M School of Social Work
1080 South University Avenue
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
1080 South University Avenue
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
Room: 2752
Fees
$265.00
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