Postgraduate Course: Living in the Aftermath of Death; Counselling Approaches to Bereavement (CNST11046)
Course Outline
| School | School of Health in Social Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Counselling Studies |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.health.ed.ac.uk/counsellingstudies/cpd/livingintheaftermathofdeath.htm |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course provides a comprehensive exploration of issues of grief and bereavement as they might be presented following either recent, or previous and unresolved bereavement experiences. The course will examine the theoretical frameworks we have to describe and work with the expected or the prolonged or the complicated distress of the bereaved. It will also examine the impact of this work on the practitioner and how we respond to that.
The course is designed for counselling and related practitioners to whom bereavement is presented as an immediate or underlying issue. The concepts and practices of working with bereavement and loss are explored within the dialogue between the person-centred approach and psychodynamic perspectives.
Topics include theoretical models of grief and bereavement, the impact of bereavement at different developmental stages and the implications of this for practice, issues of personal, societal and cultural difference, diversity and power in the experience of bereavement, and the impact on the practitioner of working with death and loss.
Students are required to draw on their personal and professional experience with bereaved people within class sessions. The ethical and confidentiality issues raised by this are discussed in the first session.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should be able to:
? Conceptualise and critically appraise different theoretical models of grief and bereavement.
? Analyse the impact of bereavement at different developmental stages
?Evaluate issues of personal, societal and cultural difference, diversity and power in the experience of bereavement
?Critically appraise how these theoretical ideas inform the practices of counselling in this field
?Conceptualise and analyse key themes in the practice of working with bereavement with reference to the student?s own self-awareness and practice.
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Assessment Information
| One 4,000 to 5,000 word essay analysing a key theme in the practice of working therapeutically with bereaved people. Students will critically reflect on the practice theme, integrating relevant research and literature, and drawing on their own therapeutic practice, as relevant. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Martha Emeleus
Tel:
Email: Martha.Emeleus@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Sue Larsen
Tel: (0131 6)51 6671
Email: Sue.Larsen@ed.ac.uk |
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