Living with Grief: Trauma and Loss (Self-Study)

Course overview

This program focuses on the specific issues raised when losses are sudden and traumatic, shattering the bereaved individual's assumptions that the world is safe, benevolent, or predictable. These deaths can be the result of accidents and disasters; suicides, or overdoses; homicide and terrorism; military or service-related deaths; or the unpredictable trajectories of illnesses. In Part One of program, we explore the factors that complicate grief. In Part Two we use case studies to highlight ways that such losses can be treated. The program concludes with a discussion of vicarious traumatization and strategies for self-care.