A Buddhist Approach to Grief Counseling

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth Patterson
Keyword(s):  
Grief Counseling

Assessing Knowledge and Predicting Grief Counseling Skills Among University Counseling Center Therapists

2021 ◽  
pp. 001100002098352
Author(s):  
Greta Jankauskaite ◽  
Karen M. O’Brien ◽  
NaYeon Yang
Keyword(s):  
Counseling Center ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
Case Vignette ◽  
Grief Counseling ◽  
Counseling Skills ◽  
University Counseling Center ◽  
Training Experience ◽  
University Counseling ◽  
Training Research ◽  
Qualitative Responses

This mixed-method study advances knowledge regarding the practice of grief counseling in a sample of 171 university counseling center therapists. First, several components of therapists’ self-reported work with grieving clients was assessed (e.g., training level, initial responses to a grieving client, principles applied in counseling, therapist comfort, and potential therapist issues related to counseling grieving clients). Second, grounded in the death competence model (Gamino & Ritter, 2012), predictors of perceived grief counseling skills were examined. Cognitive competence and emotional competence predicted perceived grief counseling skills, with training/experience being the most robust predictor. Notably, the participants in this study rarely received education regarding death, dying, and grieving in their graduate programs, and they indicated that their knowledge about grief counseling was insufficient. Moreover, the therapists’ qualitative responses to a case vignette were lacking in many grief-specific domains. Future directions for training, research, and clinical work are discussed.

scholarly journals Perceived Competency in Grief Counseling: Implications for Counselor Education

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rick Jude Cicchetti ◽  
Laurie McArthur ◽  
Gary M Szirony ◽  
Craig Blum
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Military Veterans ◽  
Grief Counseling ◽  
Master's Level ◽  
Cognitive Symptoms ◽  
Life Event ◽  
Unresolved Grief ◽  
Counseling Competency ◽  
Wide Range

Grief is regarded as a critical life event. Unresolved grief issues can interfere with quality of life and can result in emotional, behavioral, physical and cognitive symptoms, and if unresolved, can result in suicidal ideation. Counselors can be called upon and often do work with grief issues in clients, including U. S. Military veterans. This study examined whether 93 master’s level counselors specializing in rehabilitation counseling reported having been adequately trained to identify and work with clients who are having grief-related issues from loss or disability. Using the Grief Counseling Competency Scale (GCCS), participants showed a wide range of scores regarding personal competency related to grief. However, scores tended to be low when examining skills and knowledge relating to grief counseling. Implications for further research are discussed.

Enhancement of Death Acceptance by a Grief Counseling Course

1992 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harvey J. Irwin ◽  
Elizabeth B. Melbin-Helberg
Keyword(s):  
Initial Level ◽  
Grief Counseling ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Course Assessment ◽  
Two Component ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Emotional Level ◽  
Sustained Increase ◽  
Death Acceptance

The impact of a grief counseling course was investigated in terms of Klug and Sinha's two-component formulation of death acceptance [1]. Compared to a control group, participants in the course showed a significant and sustained increase in cognitive confrontation of death, and in the assimilation of these attitudes at an emotional level. Identified predictors of the extent of the effect include the individual's initial level of death acceptance and performance in two of three aspects of course assessment.

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