Welcome
to Treatment of Complicated Mourning, a Doctorate Level course
in the curriculum for the Degree, Doctorate in Grief Counseling.
I'm pleased to offer you this course. This course provides an
overview of the fundamentals required to place complicate mourning
in the proper context. To address concerns related to assessment
and treatment of complicated mourning.
This is a six-semester
hour course. This course is allotted ten weeks of time. You must
complete all of the requirements for the course successfully by
the end of the ten-week period. The first day of week one will
begin the day that you register for the course, or the day which
you notify me that your text book(s) have arrived and you are
ready to begin your studies. Please be cognizant of the time frame.
It is rare that extensions of time are permitted, unless you have
good justification. Upon successful completion of this course,
you will be awarded six semester hours of credit. You may accelerate,
but may not complete this course in less than four weeks.
There
is one (1) required textbook for this course.
Book 1: Treatment of Complicated Mourning: Therese A. Rando. Research
Press, Champaign, IL, 1993. ISBN: 0-87822-329-0
There are no examinations for this course; grades are based on
completion of assignments and activities.
The grading
scale for this course is as follows:
90-100% = A
80-89% = B
70-79% = C
Below 70% = Fail
3 Activities - 60%
Self evaluation - 10%
Research Report - 20%
Discovery & Intention Statement - 10%
TOTAL 100%
The aim
of education about Treatment of Complicated Mourning is to provide
appropriate interventions techniques to individuals whose grief
and mourning does not respond to mere therapeutic facilitation.
You are encouraged
to communicate with me. I am available as a teacher, coach, and
mentor to assist you in meeting your goals for this course. Primarily,
communication is through email. However, I am also available for
conversation by telephone if you would like. Our classroom for
this course has a "chat" room. I am also very willing
to meet with you one-on-one in the chat room at your request.
From time to time, depending on how many students are enrolled
in this course at a particular time, we will have some scheduled
group chats. You will receive more detailed information at the
time such chat sessions are scheduled. Please keep my email address
handy so that you can contact me whenever necessary. Upon registration,
you will receive my email address. If at any time during this
course you change your email address, please be sure to notify
me right away.
Upon
completion of this course, you will be able to:
1). Offer a perspective on loss, grief, and mourning.
2). Identify the six “R” processes of mourning.
3). Review the various theories of complicated mourning.
4). Identify complicated outcomes that may result from loss.
5). Examine the association between complicated mourning and
recognized mental and physical disorders.
6). Examine the potential of death in extreme cases.
7). Identify specific treatment approaches to complicated mourning.
8). Review the research concerning the efficacy of intervention
in mourning.
9). Explain philosophical perspectives on treatment.
10). Identify generic treatment guidelines pertinent to all
work with complicated mourning.
11). Identify specific interventions for working through the
six “R” processes of mourning.
12). Explain the risks and therapeutic implications associated
with individual, relationship, system factors, mode of death,
sudden death, unexpected death, multiple deaths, traumatic death,
death of a child, AIDS-related death.
13). Identify various caregiver concerns in the treatment of
complicated mourning.
14). Discuss common therapeutic errors, countertransference,
and stress related issues.
15). Create your own grief and mourning interview and inventory.
1). Introduction.
2). A Perspective on Loss, Grief, and Mourning.
3). Theories of Complicated Mourning: A Historical Review.
4). Complicated Outcomes of Loss: Symptoms and Syndromes.
5). Complicated Outcomes of Loss: Mental Disorders, Physical disorders,
and Death.
6). Clinical Assessment of Grief Counseling.
7). Formal Therapeutic Approaches to Complicated Mourning.
8). Generic Issues in the Treatment of Complicated Mourning.
9). Intervening in the Six “R” Processes of Mourning.
10). Risks and Therapeutic Implications Associated With Individual,
Relationship, and System Factors.
11). Risks and Therapeutic Implications Associated With Mode of
Death.
12). Risks and Therapeutic Implications Associated With Sudden
and Unexpected, Multiple, and Traumatic Death.
13). Risks and Therapeutic Implications Associated With Death
of a Child and AIDS-Related Death.
14). Caregiver Concerns in the Treatment of Complicated Mourning.
15). Grief and Mourning Status Interview and Inventory (GAMSII).
