Gc 420: Grief Therapy

Course overview

This online CE course provides students with a comprehensive study of Grief Therapy as used today in counseling modalities. Students will study attachment theory, loss and the experiences of grief and the process of mourning. This leads into an in-depth presentation of abnormal grief reactions, complicated mourning processes, and when to use more advanced modalities of care and counseling. Students will study grief therapies and learn when to refer clients for such. Issues of the counselor's own grief and burn-out syndromes are also addressed. Special situations of grief and mourning are also explored. Upon successful completion of this course, students are awarded 30 contact hours of continuing education credits. Course Code: GC 420. Instructor/Course Author: Dominick L. Flarey, Ph.D, MBA, RN,BC, GC-C Link to Resume TIME FRAME: You are allotted two years from the date of enrollment, to complete this course. There are no set time-frames, other than the two year allotted time. If you do not complete the course within the two-year time-frame, you will be removed from the course and an "incomplete" will be recorded for you in our records. Also, if you would like to complete the course after this two-year expiration time, you would need to register and pay the course tuition fee again. TEXTBOOKS: There is one (1) required textbook for this course. Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy: A Handbook for the Mental Health Practitioner (3rd edition). By: J. William Worden. New York;Tavistock Publications Ltd Springer Publications:2003. ISBN # 1-58391-941-4 There is one comprehensive examination for this course.