Grief Counseling Across the Lifespan is a course designed to provide students with an understanding of grief and its impact on individuals throughout their lifespan. The course will cover topics such as the grieving process, coping strategies, and interventions for helping people cope with loss. Students will gain knowledge about how to assess and diagnose grief-related issues, provide support for those who are grieving, and develop effective treatment plans. Furthermore, students will explore various use cases of grief counseling in different contexts such as healthcare, education, mental health services, and more. Through this course, students will gain essential skills to become competent professionals in the field of grief counseling.
This course is part of the Accelerated Doctoral in Grief Counseling program at AITU. This course is designed to provide each student with a working understanding of how the grief process changes over the time and how grief expresses itself differently depending on when a loss occurs during a person’s life. It is a 6-hour semester course that should be completed within 6 weeks.
