Thanatology, Grief and Bereavement Counseling and Support Post-Master’s Certificate

This post-master’s certificate is geared for licensed professional counselors and others who work in the counseling industry (social workers, coaches) or as part of interprofessional healthcare teams. The micro-credential in grief and bereavement counseling/support prepares students to build upon their counseling skills and add content in dying, death, grief, and loss – content not typically part of a degree program preparing people for licensure as counselors or therapists.

Learning Objectives:

• Discern, reflect upon, and evaluate student’s own relationship with death and grief, both as an individual and a member of society
• Articulate and evaluate primary theories, models, and key concepts related to grief
• Articulate and evaluate best practices for bereavement facilitation for individual adults and families with children or teens
• Demonstrate practical individual and group facilitation skills through process recordings
• Describe and assess approaches to diversity in grief counseling and support, including ethnicity, culture, gender, and spirituality