Skills for counselling children and young people with an emphasis on grief and loss

The Skills for Counselling Children and Young People with an emphasis on Grief and Loss course run by LCGL is designed to provide counsellors with a better understanding of the skills needed to work with children and young people, with a particular focus on delivering counselling to those who are experiencing grief and loss.

Course Outline

The 'Skills for Counselling Children and Young People with an emphasis on Grief and Loss' course takes place over a day and is delivered from our counselling centre.

Course Aims

To have an understanding of appropriate counselling skills relevant to childhood developmental stages
To have a heightened awareness of what to do with different safeguarding issues that may arise
To have a greater understanding of ethical considerations which may arise when working with children and young people
To be aware of ways to work with feelings that arise from grief such as anxiety and anger
To develop an understanding of different types of grief
To have a greater awareness of how children and young people grieve at different ages and developmental stages
To be aware of the different models of grief and how to work with them
To develop a toolbox of resources to use when counselling children and young people

To have a better understanding of how to manage beginnings, middles, endings and boundaries with children and young people
To have the ability to use what is learnt in a practical context

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