Program Outline
These programs aim to provide best practice grief and palliative
care counselling education. They are designed for practitioners with
appropriate educational, experiential and personal attributes who wish
to enhance their knowledge and expertise in the area of counselling
within a grief, bereavement and palliative care context.
The programs are primarily aimed at graduate health and welfare
professionals who are responsible for supporting others in times of
transition, crisis or difficulty and who wish to offer effective
counselling in their clinical and therapeutic work.
The programs offer a unique combination of up-to-date knowledge of
grief, palliative care and bereavement issues, and a practical approach
to the skilful handling of grief. Theoretical perspectives taught in
the program are balanced by application of techniques, so that
experiential and integrated learning results.
The programs are offered at three levels, and may be studied on campus or by distance. Courses are designed to accommodate
individuals who have regular work commitments.
The graduate certificate provides a fundamental orientation to current
grief models, theory and research, in the context of palliative care,
bereavement and grief from losses other than death. Counselling skills
are taught with a view to their practical application to grief
situations.
The University of Adelaide is committed to regular reviews of the courses
and programs it offers to students. The University of Adelaide therefore
reserves the right to discontinue or vary programs and courses without notice.
Please read the important information contained in the
disclaimer.
