Details for Grief and Loss

Awards offering Grief and Loss

This unit is offered as a part of the following awards:

• Graduate Certificate in Arts
• Graduate Certificate in Wellbeing Studies
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Graduate Diploma in Leadership
• Graduate Diploma of Applied Social Science
• Master of Arts
• Master of Leadership

Unit Content

Outcomes

1. Develop an understanding of the theories and therapeutic interventions regarding grief (complicated and uncomplicated) and loss;
2. Critically analyse effective responses and best practice strategies appropriate to the professional context;
3. Develop an understanding of different grief responses, experiences and expressions with consideration given to social, cultural, familial and religious factors;
4. Reflect on personal and professional considerations of grief and loss.

Subject Content

• Introduction to Grief and Loss
• Theories of Grief and Loss
• Cultural Considerations
• Risk Factors, Predictors & Mediators of Grief
• Facilitating Uncomplicated Grief
• Distinguishing Complicated Grief
• Loss & Liminality in Everyday Life The Lost Art of Lament
• Social Stigma in Grief & Loss
• Family Systems & Grief
• Working with Grieving Children Grief, Loss and the People Helper
• Application of Learning

This course may be offered in the following formats

• Onsite (face-to-face)
• Online (e-Learning)
• Intensives

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

• Case Studies (30%)
• Research Essay (40%)
• Critical Reflection Essay (30%)

Prescribed Text

• Worden, J. (2018). Grief Counselling and Grief Therapy: A handbook for the mental health practitioner (5th ed.). New York, NY: Springer.

Please consult your instructor prior to purchasing any texts.