Understanding and skills development for carers working in circumstances of loss and bereavement: supporting relatives, friends, colleagues, and self.
Course Content
- attachment theory
- Worden’s four tasks of mourning
- working with relatives, friends and colleagues
- how grief is expressed
- Worden’s tasks for helpers
- awareness of one’s own needs
- empathic listening and responding
Lead Tutor
Elaine Craig BA, PGDip Person Centred Counselling. Elaine is a professionally qualified counsellor and member of BACP and COSCA and an experienced trainer. She has worked in Primary Care, Higher Education, CRUSE Bereavement Care and the Scottish Prison Service, and currently teaches counselling skills at the University of Abertay. She has been a professional associate of Training for Care since 2008.
Certification
TfC attendance certificate