EDF5062 · Grief and trauma counselling

Overview

Grief and trauma are common human experiences, and it is important to recognise that counselling can play a vital role in enabling people to process their impact. This unit focuses on the incidence of grief and trauma and their effects on the individual, family and community. In this unit, you will examine a variety of issues relating to grief, bereavement, trauma and posttraumatic growth. You will explore the temporary and continuous impacts of death, loss and adverse events on mental health and wellbeing and how they can be managed through counselling. You will also be introduced to a number of grief and trauma-informed approaches to assessment and intervention in counselling.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. demonstrate an understanding of the main issues in grief and trauma counselling and the application of models of assessment to counselling practice
2. demonstrate an understanding of intervention techniques for use with clients experiencing grief and trauma
3. examine the current issues for grief- and trauma-informed practice
4. explore the commonalities and differences between depression, grief and trauma
5. apply and analyse principles of posttraumatic growth into counselling practice

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Usually, you can expect to engage with: Clayton campus • 12 hours of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities, 12 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities, and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study OR • 24 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities, and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study^ ^ International students studying in Australia are not permitted to undertake this scheduled learning delivery mode. Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement. Kaplan off-shore • 24 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via synchronous activities and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.