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Grief and Loss Counseling
A reading path through related lessons. Shared lessons can appear in more than one path. View curriculum coverage and limits →
What this path helps you do
- Practice supported here
- Explore loss, meaning, functioning, and context without imposing a universal sequence or timetable.
- Preparation
- Review developmental and cultural context, then test multiple explanations for the case.
- Where to go further
- The path is not a complete bereavement-treatment curriculum or a substitute for assessment of a specific person.
Grief, loss & major transitions
Distinguish individual meaning from a prescribed timetable for adjustment.
Strengths, stress & transitions
Include supports and context when considering adaptation.
Sexuality, relationships & aging across the lifespan
Discuss sexual wellness and later-life change without imposing assumptions.
Spirituality without imposing your worldview
Explore spiritual meaning through the client’s frame of reference.
Ambiguous loss and disenfranchised grief
Distinguish uncertainty about a loss from lack of social recognition.
Continuing bonds: making room for remembrance and change
Assess what a remembrance practice means and does for a particular person.
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