Abstract
For some time it has been recognised that death and non-death loss events are commonly associated with the onset of psychiatric illnesses, especially affective conditions (e.g. Murphy, 1982). Studies have shown that counselling targeted at high risk grievers can significantly reduce their psychological and psychosomatic manifestations of grief, with an associated reduction in the use of statutory services (Raphael, 1977; Parkes, 1980). Bereavement counselling thus offers one of the few opportunities to implement preventive psychiatry.
Highlights
Given the impact of loss events, and the possibility of effective treatment, it is perhaps surprising that there are so few opportunities within the National Health Service for training staffin bereavement coun selling skills
As a psychiatrist trained as a CRUSE be reavement counsellor, and a Chartered Clinical Psychologist with a research interest in grief pro cesses, we surmised that we had a sufficient range of skills and experiences to draw on when approached by colleagues from our multidisciplinary team to organise a bereavement counselling course
This is an account of our course structure, its development, and our reflections on the course
Summary
A bereavement counselling course: training for a multidisciplinary group of mental health professionals. As a psychiatrist trained as a CRUSE be reavement counsellor, and a Chartered Clinical Psychologist with a research interest in grief pro cesses, we surmised that we had a sufficient range of skills and experiences to draw on when approached by colleagues from our multidisciplinary team to organise a bereavement counselling course. This is an account of our course structure, its development, and our reflections on the course
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