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The American Institute of Health Care Professionals, Inc., AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare

  • Burnout, Psychological
  • Ceremonial Behavior
  • Grief
  • Grief Therapy
  • Suicide

Grief Therapy

This online CE course provides students with a comprehensive study of Grief Therapy as used today in counseling modalities. Students will study attachment theory, loss and the experiences of grief and the process of mourning. Bowlby s Attachment Theory is presented in-depth in this course and mental health professionals will learn how to apply this theory more effectively in grief counseling practice. This leads into an in-depth presentation of abnormal grief reactions, complicated mourning processes, and when to use more advanced modalities of care and counseling. Students will examine many models of loss and mourning as well as learn accompanying effective interventions to use with clients in mental health counseling and therapy sessions. A focus is also presented on tools and criteria for comprehensive assessments of clients experiencing various types of grief reactions. Students will study grief therapies and learn when to refer clients for such. Other important study in this course includes; counseling in groups, grief as a social phenomenon, assessing for the at-risk bereaved, funeral rituals, and much more. Issues of the counselor s own grief and burn-out syndromes are also addressed. Special situations of grief and mourning are also explored, such as sudden death, violent death, suicide, child death, death in the elderly and more. Interventions for working with special situations are presented. Through out this course students will study and critique a large number of abstracts of published research related to grief, mourning, death and dying which will add significantly to their overall knowledge base of the subject. Students will acquire a much broader composite of knowledge and skill sets with which to work with grieving clients upon completing this advanced course. Students will also view six videos related to grief counseling and grief therapy in this course.

Credit & MOC Details

Credit information is provided by the course provider. We recommend confirming credit eligibility with the provider or your licensing board before starting the activity.

Credit types

IPCE CreditsUp to 30 creditsAAPA Category 1 Credit™Up to 30 creditsAMA PRA Category 1 Credit™Up to 30 creditsNursingUp to 30 creditsPharmacyUp to 30 creditsPsychologyUp to 30 creditsSocial WorkUp to 30 credits

MOC types

No MOC

FDA REMS

No

Qualifies for MIPS

No

Target Specialties

  • On-demand / recorded video
  • includes Online course / module
  • Credit · Up to 30 credits
  • Paid · fee on provider site
  • Released
    Jan 1, 2024
  • Last day to claim credit
    Jan 1, 2027 3 months left

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