GRIEF, LOSS AND RESILIENCE.

Catalog description

Cross-listed: AGST 449 . Notes: may be stacked with SOWK 549 . Pre-requisites: junior standing. Grief and loss are woven throughout the human experience. Helping professionals must be ready to deal with their own grief and loss as well as that of their clients. Losses may accompany forms of addictions, disability, divorce, job loss, moves, placement disruptions, relationship breaks and death. Grief is a spectrum of emotions experienced in response to loss. Students will learn about the varied presentations of grief, theories of grief, what supports can be employed for healthy grief.