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 diploma builds on the graduate certificate, providing
students with additional perspectives on grief and
introducing them to specialised counselling interventions relevant to
grief. Students are given an opportunity to acquire the skills and
knowledge essential to the research process. Students in the graduate
diploma
are required to have a caseload and to be actively involved in grief
counselling, waged or unwaged. Opportunities for supervision are
provided.
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.
