Grief & Loss: Theory & Skills for Intervention

Catalog description

This course explores the psychosocial process of grief and bereavement following a loss. Divorce, disaster, deployment, death, and other human experiences of loss will be discussed. This course will focus on the experiences of loss, grief, and bereavement as experienced by individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. We will consider how grief shapes lives, challenges one’s response to change, and can determine how one forms, maintains, and lets go of relationships. This course will examine theories of grief and loss across the lifespan. In addition, we will consider how social factors i.e., culture, ethnicity/race, gender, class, ethics/values, and sexual orientation may impact the grieving process. We will understand and implement evidence based interventions to address grief and loss related issues. In the process of examining these, students will become aware and sensitized to one’s own attitudes, beliefs, and reactions to experiences of loss. Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Social Work or Social Work. Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Enrollment limited to students in a Master of Social Work degree. Enrollment limited to students in the College of Health Professions college.