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Bereavement and Grief Counselling

Online
3-4 hours
Free

Course Content

Learn how bereavement counsellors comfort those who have lost loved ones in this free online grief counselling course. Some people may find it hard to make sense of loss and come to terms with those painful feelings. Did you know that people might take up to a year to recover from grief? This grief therapy course introduces you to the basic concept of counselling people to help them accept the reality of loss and adjust to life without their loved ones. We go through the stages of grieving to show you how different types of losses can affect mental health.

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID191905
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration3-4 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathIn This Free Course, You Will Learn How To
• Explain the basic concept of counselling and the role of a counsellor
• Discuss attachment theory, types of losses and the experience of bereavement
• Describe the grief process and the common symptoms of grief
• Identify the famous and immediate reactions to sudden death
• Discuss the challenges you may encounter when grieving the loss of a loved one
• Outline the factors that cause ‘complicated grief’
• List the grief counselling and therapy procedures
• Indicate the types of losses after which grief resolution can be difficult
• Identify the intervention tools used by counsellors to help help grieving children
Course Code255

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