Grief and Loss Counseling

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of issues on death, dying, loss, and the impact of grief.  Topics addressed in this course include various types of loss, including non-death related, conceptualizations of grief and mourning across the lifespan, evidence-based interventions to support the dying and bereaved individuals, and strategies for identifying and intervening with those who have clinically significant complicated grief.  Students will be expected to explore their own grief reactions as well as examine the societal, cultural, and familial expectations surrounding grief and death rituals.  There are no prerequisites for this course.