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The Aim
For students to develop their skills and
understanding in working with people experiencing
terminal illness, bereavement and loss.
Who would benefit from this course
This course is designed for people who are working
as counsellors/therapist, teachers, nurses, doctors,
social workers and support workers with a
counselling role.
The Course Aims
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To improve understanding
and skills practitioners offer Clients suffering
loss and/or bereavement, by developing knowledge
about and sensitivity towards their own, and
other people's fears, expectations, beliefs and
attitudes.
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To recognise normal and
abnormal grief reactions.
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To raise awareness of
attitudes and practices around death across
cultures.
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To consider the issues
facing the terminally ill, and develop an
understanding about autonomy and dignity,
informed consent to treatment, planning for
dying, and planning for funeral
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To foster a critical and
evaluative approach to the theories and concepts
which deal with death, dying, loss and
bereavement.
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To consider loss in its
broadest sense: loss of limbs through
amputation; diagnosis of chronic illness, birth
of baby with disability; divorce; loss
associated with abuse.
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To explore the
particular difficulties facing those supporting
the terminally ill.
Course Details
The course comprises a set of three modules
including an individual 3,000 word assignment (or
negotiated alternative) for each module. Students
are encouraged to use the assignments to deepen
their empathic understanding of their clients. The
modules provide a theoretical framework for the
practitioner to develop their understanding of loss
and bereavement and to explore applications that
develop their practice in the workplace. The modules
are:
Module One: The Life-Death-Life Cycle
Module Two: The Client's Needs
Module Three: Models and Aspects of Loss
Duration: The course takes place over one
academic year comprising 7 non residential two day
study blocks. Overnight accommodation can be booked
at the centre
Cost: £1350 includes all meals, all
refreshments, materials and handouts.
Award: Diploma accredited by Middlesex
University following completion of all modules and
three 3,000 word assignments or negotiated
alternatives.
Dates: 7 two day study blocks on Thursday and
Fridays.
Contact us for current dates and
availability .
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