Trauma-Informed Counselling In The Context Of Loss and Grief (CO2003Z)

Undergraduate, 18.0 points

Content

Loss and grief are normal human experiences. However, when they overwhelm a person’s ability to cope their mental health and wellbeing are negatively impacted. Using the bio-psycho-social model this unit will explore: (1) the psycho-biology of stress; (2) effective helping for a variety of losses faced by people; (3) stages of grief, complex grief, and grief counselling; and (4) traumatology with a focus on trauma-informed counselling to promote post-traumatic growth.

Unit code: CO2003Z

Unit status: Approved (New unit)

Points: 18.0

Unit level: Undergraduate Level 2

Unit discipline: Counselling

Delivery Mode: Blended

Proposing College: School of Professional Practice - Counselling

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Learning outcomes

1.

Articulate the psycho-biology of stress and stages of grief as useful psycho-education.
2.

Name a variety of common losses faced by people.
3.

Be able to perform common interventions to assist people in the acute stage of loss, to help them manage grief, and to reduce trauma.
4.

Be able to describe post-traumatic growth.
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Unit sequence

Offering: This unit is to be taught in year 2, semester 1 (term 2).
Prerequisites: CO1005Z Introduction To Counselling Prohibited combinations: CO1003Z Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, And Decision-Making; Virtues-Based Counselling: Working With Hope, Courage, And Compassion

Pedagogy

Scaffolded learning. Tutorial and Intensive format over 8 weeks. The compulsory intensive will be 29 hours in duration over four consecutive days held in week 5. Mornings will use synchronous on-line learning and afternoons will use activity-based face-to-face learning. The remaining 7 weeks will utilise weekly asynchronous on-line learning and 1 hour of synchronous on-line learning (i.e., non-compulsory tutorial).

Indicative Bibliography

  1. Byock, I. (1997). Dying well: Peace and possibilities at the end of life. Riverhead Books.
  2. Harris, D., & Winokuer, H. (2019). Principles and practice of grief counselling (3rd edition). Springer Publishing Company.
  3. Levers, L. (2022). Trauma counselling (2nd edition). Springer Publishing Company.
  4. Rothchild, B. (2010). The body remembers: The psychophysiology of trauma and trauma treatment. W. W. Norton & Company.
  5. Tedeschi, R., & Moore, B. (2020). Transformed by trauma: Stories of posttraumatic growth. Independently published.
  6. Tedeschi, R., & Moore, B. (2016). The post-traumatic growth workbook: Coming through trauma wiser, stronger, and more resilient. New Harbinger Publications.
  7. Tedeschi, R., & Shakespeare-Finch, J. (2018). Posttraumatic growth: Theory, research, and applications. Routledge.
  8. Van der Kolk, B. (2014). The body keeps the score. Penguin.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Skeleton Argument

For 5 different module “Activities” across the unit provide a forum response.

 500 5.0
Personal Reflection

For 5 different module “Reflection questions” across the unit provide a forum response.

 500 5.0
Skill Demonstration

Client suffering acute loss - Mock brief session.

500 20.0
Skill Demonstration

Grief counselling - Mock brief session.

 500 20.0
Skill Demonstration

Client with trauma - Mock brief session.

 500 20.0
Book Review

Read, summarise, and analyse the arguments put forward in one contemporary book on trauma and post-traumatic growth.

2000 30.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Prof Albert Haddad on 31 Oct, 2023

Unit record last updated: 2023-10-31 11:28:40 +1100