Understanding Loss: Steps to being a Bearvement Counsillor

Understanding Loss and Managing feelings to help ourselves and others if we wish to be a bereavement counsellor

Created byAlun Jones

Last updated 6/2025

English

What you'll learn

Understand Loss and Bereavement
They will learn something of the 'Reality of Pain and Loss'
They will Learn How to manage Feelings and Reactions safely
This course will help learners to know and explore Difficult areas of grief
Learners will learn to recognise the signs of Moving forward to new Hope and life
This course will help learners to appreciate the basics of becoming a Bereavement Support Consellor

Course content

1 section • 6 lectures • 51m total length

Introduction1:29
This is an Introduction to the course 'Hope In Loss'
Understanding Loss12:00
In This first Lecture we shall understand there are Different Types of Loss, and that Loss is not an A to B journey it can be much more complicated. We will examin the emotions that Go with Loss and touch on behaviours asssociated with Loss.
Understanding the Reality ofpain and Loss9:49
In Lecture two we shall touch on the 'Tasks of Grief' and move towards deepening our understanding of how Grief can make us feel such as Angry, Sad, Shocked, lonely etc
Knowing and managing Feelings and Reactions8:21
In this Lecture we shall touch on what emotions and feelings people thinkk are 'normal' when grieving, and ask why some people ''get stuck' and remain in 'delayed grieving', and then and review the grief journey.
Understanding Difficult Areas such as Anger, Blame, and Guilt9:05
In this lecture session we shall explore difficult areas that often people cannot deal with or find uncomfortable such as Anger, Blame, Guilt and Regret, and how we can deal with our emotions.
Know the signs of Moving Forward and Hope10:20
In this final session we shall explore the phrase 'letting Go' and what that means or may not mean. We shall also look at 'Reinvesting in Life and renewing our Hope and sense of self, and how we can look forward to a future full of strength and Joy.

Requirements

An interest in Learning how to help people who have suffered a loss and support them

Description

It is important to recognize that at some time in all our lives we will all be affected by Loss and bereavement. Maybe the loss of a Mother or Father, Grandparent or a sibling, or a friend, or even someone we hardly knew but died tragically. . Some Losses are expected others can come suddenly and at unexpected and difficult times. Loss and bereavement can be a difficult 'journey' to experience and emerge from as it is often not a straight forward journey, not an A to B journey. In this five session video course I will help you firstly to Understand Loss, and then how to cope with the reality of pain and loss. I will show you how to manage feelings and reactions to loss and I will touch on difficult areas of grief and Loss that many struggle with. In the final and fifth session I will guide you to see and to understand the signs of Hope and moving forward, and the steps to take towards new Hope and a new Life in all its fullness to be enjoyed and lived. That is not to say that moving forward means in any way forgetting the person we lost, but that with new Hope in our hearts we can move forward with new found resilience, strength and Hope. And even thinking of becoming a bereavemet support counsellor ourselves.

Who this course is for:

This course is for all who have experienced Loss and for those who wish to explore becoming a bereavement support worker