Diploma In Grief And Bereavement Counselling

Diploma In Grief And Bereavement Counselling

Learn how to relate to and help those who are bereaved and grieving

In this course you'll cover the clinical and pastoral aspects of bereavement counselling and it is of special interest to those who use counselling skills with bereaved clients. It also illustrates some of the essential communication and relationship skills involved.

It is appropriate for those working in the caring professions such as nurses, chaplains, social workers, clergy, doctors and teachers.

This is a follow-on course for those who have studied The Certificate in Counselling. If you have already completed The Certificate in Counselling course please contact student services to upgrade to this Diploma.

Diploma In Grief And Bereavement Counselling

By studying this course you'll gain a solid foundation in counselling in settings that involve the issues of grief and bereavement. Grieving people are especially vulnerable. So, before offering any counselling interventions, it is essential that you understand the principles of loss.

The course aims to offer key insights into these principles. On completion you should have greater confidence to reach out to the bereaved. This is enhanced by confronting your own personal concerns and anxieties which Kubler-Ross believes sometimes impede those wishing to help the bereaved individual.

This course seeks to sensitise you to the emotional pain of clients who are suffering what is, perhaps, the most painful experience any of us can endure.

Your Tuition

One of the key aspects to successfully completing your course is the quality of your tuition. All STT tutors are experienced in teaching by distance learning and have been specially trained by us to help you.

Your tutor for this course will be qualified to at least degree level or equivalent with postgraduate training in counselling. Their primary aim is to encourage you to develop your own personal style when using counselling skills with clients.

There are 10 assignments to complete and you have to pass each one to qualify for your Diploma in Grief and Bereavement Counselling. But don't worry about this. If neccessary you can re-take an assignment free of charge.

We have brought together a professional tuition service and an up-to-date, authoritative course so that you can work towards a Diploma in Grief and Bereavement Counselling. Not only will you gain a recognised qualification, you'll also gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of the methods used to help people in their time of need.

Diploma in Grief and Bereavement Counselling Synopsis

If you have already completed a "Certificate in Counselling" (from STT or the Institute of Counselling) you can achieve your Diploma by studying the 10 lessons in Part 2 only.

Part 1: Counselling Modules

Section 1: Theories and Models of Counselling

1. Introduction to Counselling Theory - What Do Counsellors Actually Do? - Why Have Theory? - Some Practical Problems - Counselling and Psychology - Historical Overview of Counselling Theory - Schools of Counselling Theory - Counselling Theories and Models.

2. The Psychodynamic Approach - The Pioneering Work of Sigmund Freud - Basic Concepts of Freud's Work - What is the Psyche Like? - Anxiety - Defence Mechanisms - Normal Development - Freud on Sexual Development - Working Psychodynamically.

3. The Behavioural Approach - Overview of the Behaviourist Approach to the Theory of Personality - Pavlov: Classical Conditioning - Radical Behaviour - What is Personality? - Conditioning of Emotions - B.F. Skinner: ‘Operant' Behaviourism - Reinforcement - Eysenck Neurosis - Behavioural Insights for Counselling.

4. The Person-Centred Approach - Carl Rogers - Basic Concepts of Person-Centred Theory - Healthy and Unhealthy Functioning - Summary of Personal Functioning - Core Conditions - Egan's Three Stage Skills Model.

5. The Cognitive Approach - Cognitive Therapy Defined - Origins of Cognitive Theory - Comparisons between Cognitive and other Counselling Theories - Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy - Characteristics of Irrational Beliefs - Implications of REBT for Counselling - ABC Framework - REBT: D&E Factors - Reality Therapy.

6. The Pastoral Approach - Introduction to Pastoral Counselling - Pastoral Counselling Model 1: The Client as a Living Human Document - Pastoral Counselling Model 2: The Life of the (Soul) Client - Pastoral Counselling Model 3: The Three-Stage Integrative Model.

Assignment 1

Section 2: Counselling Process, Skills and Practice

7. The Counselling Process - Definitions of Counselling - Counselling Vocabulary - Clinical and Pastoral Counselling - Counselling as Distinguished from other Approaches - Person-Centred Counselling - Development of Core Conditions - Client-Focused Activities.

Assignment 2

8. Basic Counselling Skills - Specific Counselling Skills - Key Concepts - Advanced Empathy - Advanced Empathic Highlights/Educated Hunches - Counselling Skills Audio - Three Key Understanding Skills - Skilled Helper Exercises - Self-Counsellor.

Assignment 3

9. Care Skills of The Skilled Helper - The Middle Stage - Goal-Setting and Decision-Making - Force-Field Analysis - Commitment to Goals.

Assignment 4

10. Professional Practice - Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling (BACP) - Confidentiality - Boundaries and Referral - Supervision - Continuing Professional Development.

Assignment 5

Part 2: Grief & Bereavement Counselling

1. Study Instructions - Definitions of Counselling - Confronting Death - Attitudes Towards Death and Dying - Grief: An Individual Experience - Checklist of Listening Skills - Self Test Exercise.

2. The Uniqueness of Grieving - Stages of Grief and other Grief Models - Mourning - Anxiety and Worry - Death and Dying - Knowledge - Self Test Exercise - Assignment.

3. Rites and Customs - Reasons for Funerals - Grieving Rituals and Actions - Ritual, The Bereaved and Religion - The Three Levels of Ritual - Funeral Ritual within a Christian Context - Rites of Passage - The Bereavement Counsellor's Role - The Bereaved Client's Story - Self Test Exercise.

4. A Child's View of Death - A Child's Experience of Death - Children's Needs in Bereavement - Symptoms of Grief - Explanations About Death - Insights for helping bereaved children with their grief - Books for Bereaved Children - Self Test Exercise - Assignment.

5. Grief and Mourning for the Adolescent - Childhood Bereavement and Adolescence - Grief, Loss and Development Changes - Five Developmental Changes for the Adolescent - Adolescence and Loss - Adolescent Bereavement, Grief and Mourning - Helping the Bereaved Adolescent - Adolescent Bereavement and Vulnerability - Adolescent Bereavement and the Future - Self Test Exercise.

6. Grief and Loss following Death - Grief and Reaction Loss - Reactions to Other Types of Loss - The Principal Components of Grief - Other Types of Loss - Bereavement Reactions - Marital Breakdown - Loss Of Livelihood - Resources for Other Areas of Loss - Grief - Focus on Counselling Skills - Unanticipated Loss - The Experience of Growth Through Loss - Ways to Assist a Grieving Client - Self Test Exercise - Assignment.

7. When Grief Goes Wrong - Alternative Views - Complicated Grief - Difficult Reactions to Grief - Acute Depression - Factors Affecting Individual Responses to Grief - Light at the End of the Tunnel - Self Test Exercise.

8. Counselling the Dying: The Theatre of Suffering - Counselling Insights - Activity - Client Guidance and Support - A Powerful Reaction - Counselling with Sensitivity and Patience - Loss of Purpose - Aloneness - Bereaved Clients and their Needs - Bereavement Counsellor Support - Self Test Exercise - Assignment.

9. Grief and Loss: A Pastoral Response - Pastoral Care and Counselling - Issues faced by Bereavement Counsellors: Pastoral Perspective - Self Test Exercise.

10. Long Term Support for the Bereaved -Time As The Bereaved Healer - Counselling - Family Interaction in Grief - Support from Friends - Support from the Community of Faith - Visiting the Bereaved - Ending Long-term Counselling - Self Test Exercise - Assignment.

Your Diploma

On the successful completion of your course you will be awarded a Diploma in Grief and Bereavement Counselling from STT and The Institute of Counselling.

Certificate Of Continuing Professional Development In Grief And Bereavement Counselling

On successful completion of your course you will be eligible to receive a Certificate of Continuing Professional Development issued by the Institute of Counselling. This Certificate is in addition to the Diploma in Grief and Bereavement Counselling and will be sent free on request..

Follow-on Training

Once you have completed this course you'll probably be interested in one of our other counselling courses.

Guarantee:

Because we have full confidence in the quality of the course, you can inspect it for 15 days before committing to your training. If you are not completely satisfied with it, or you feel the training is not right for you, then just return the course materials, in good condition, within 15 days.

Start Studying Right Away When You Enrol Online

Anyone can enrol on this course. You do not need any special qualifications or background and you can start whenever it suits you.

There is no fixed enrolment date so you can start as soon as you are ready. Plus, you can study where and when you like - in the UK or abroad, at home, in the library or at work.

And, by enrolling online you can be studying in just five minutes. The first sections are available as soon as your payment has been accepted.

Your course materials are sent to you by post and should arrive within seven working days in the UK or 28 working days if you are overseas.

STT Online Student Community

As soon as you've enrolled you will become a member of our online student community, which is an easy way to contact other students and keep in touch with the college.

Course Objectives:

This Diploma course is made up of two modules – one foundation module and one advanced module.

1. Foundation in Counselling
2. Grief and Bereavement Counselling

If you have already completed The Certificate in Counselling course please contact student services to upgrade to this Diploma.

The aim of the foundation module is to enable you to develop a sound knowledge of basic counselling theory, and an understanding of the counselling process. These are specifically aimed at enhancing your counselling skills, and your expertise as a practitioner.

You'll learn:

• Counselling theories and models
• The counselling process
• Specific counselling skills
• Goal setting and decision making
• Good practice in counselling.

The Grief and Bereavement module leads to an understanding of the main theories of bereavement care and counselling.

• Attitudes towards death
• The grieving process
• Rites and customs
• A child’s view of death
• Grief and mourning for the adolescent
• Facing loss
• Abnormal grief
• Bereavement counselling
• Grief and loss: a pastoral response
• Long term support for the bereaved.