Trauma Loss and Grief Counselling
Overview
This unit provides students with the skills necessary to understand, assess and support individuals, couples and families suffering from trauma, loss and grief issues. Students will be taught the major theories of grief and loss, while also developing their counselling skills in this specialized area. Students will also work with a community agency/industry partner to develop a trauma workshop relevant to a specific client group (individual, couples or families) who has experienced single incident trauma or complex trauma.
Requisites
Rules
Pre-requisite
Admission into:
GC-COU Graduate Certificate of Counselling
OR
GD-COU Graduate Diploma of Counselling
OR
MA-COU Master of Counselling
Equivalent
HAYC424 - Trauma, Loss and Grief Counselling
27-October-2024
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Apply prominent theoretical models of grief and trauma to case examples
- Demonstrate and critique counselling skills that are essential to working with clients who present with trauma, loss or grief difficulties in professional practice settings
- Critically evaluate, summarise and present research literature on trauma and loss in both oral and written formats
- Discuss the importance of self-care for counsellors in the context of professional practice
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
---|---|---|---|
On-campus Class | 3.00 | 12 weeks | 36 |
Specified Activities Various | 1.25 | 12 weeks | 15 |
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning | 8.25 | 12 weeks | 99 |
TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
---|---|---|---|
Analysis | Individual | 30% | 1,2,4 |
Case Study Report | Individual | 30% | 1,2,4 |
Presentation | Group | 40% | 1,3 |
Content
- Major theories relevant to trauma, loss and grief
- Normal/uncomplicated grief
- Complicated grief
- Special losses (e.g., suicide, perinatal, anticipatory grief, disability)
- Critical incident debriefing
- Trauma in school settings
- Supervision and self-care
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.