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Pet Bereavement CounsellorDiploma Course

Grief is crippling, and this is the case regardless of who we have lost, whether it be a human or an animal who is suddenly no more within the family group. Without careful understanding, grief can become years of depression. The Pet Bereavement Counsellor Diploma Course will help you to understand how to work with clients by understanding the process of grief and carrying out practical therapy processes.

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What Will You Learn?

The Pet Bereavement Counsellor Diploma Course begins by exploring the bond that humans have forged with animals and how pets are most often considered as family. As such, when that bond is broken through loss, the impact can be just as strong as losing a human family member, especially in cases where a non-human companion is all the family that someone has.

You will explore the topic of grief in detail, including a breakdown of the 7 stages of grief. This will provide a thorough understanding of the process and how its effects are no different whether the loss is a human or an animal. You will also look at the symptoms of grief and the warning signs of when grief becomes depression. From this, you will be fully prepared to make initial contact with a grieving pet owner and understand all the types of emotional and physical reactions they may be having as a result of their loss.

The Pet Bereavement Counsellor Diploma Course takes you step-by-step through the therapy process, exploring common practices and techniques to help clients to gain acceptance and begin to heal. This details the steps you can take to give a client immediate help with coping, to more long-term aid in the form of psychological healing. You will be introduced to various therapy tasks, options and practices that deal specifically with the grieving process, along with approaches that are specific to animal-related grief.

Grief can become more complicated and affect the mental health of the sufferer on a long-term basis. Through studying the course, you will learn to recognise the development of mental illness in clients and how to help these clients accordingly.

Who Would Benefit from This Course?

With comprehensive materials covering grief, counselling, and techniques specific to this form of therapy, this course can be studied by anyone with an interest in the field.

If you have suffered the loss of a pet and would like to understand your thoughts and feelings, and how you can work through them, you may also find the course useful, though it should not take the place of visiting a trained professional.

If you work in counselling, you may find the information gained from this course useful in helping clients with their loss.

Modules

Module 1 People and Animals 5 Parts

Part 1: The Science
Part 2: Dogs and Their Caregivers
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 1 Assessment

Module 2 The Stages of Grief 5 Parts

Part 1: Tradition Grief Interpretation
Part 2: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 2 Assessment

Module 3 How Your Clients Feel 6 Parts

Part 1: Symptoms
Part 2: Your Essential Skills
Part 3: Listening and Language
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 3 Assessment

Module 4 Immediate Help 5 Parts

Part 1: Immediate Help
Part 2: Mindfulness and Grief
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 4 Assessment

Module 5 Healing with Therapy 5 Parts

Part 1: Healing with Therapy
Part 2: Therapy Conclusion
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 5 Assessment

Module 6 Therapy Tools 5 Parts

Part 1: Therapy Tools
Part 2: Another Animal
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 6 Assessment

Module 7 Grief Disorders 5 Parts

Part 1: Grief Disorders
Part 2: Grief and Depression
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 7 Assessment

Module 8 Your Business 4 Parts

Your Business
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 8 Assessment

Accreditations

The Pet Bereavement Counsellor Diploma Course will take you up to 150 hours to complete working from home. There is no time limit for completing this course, it can be studied in your own time at your own pace. This is a Level 3 course and will give you 150 CPD (Continued Professional Development) points.

Upon completion of your course assessments, you receive 2 certificates. A certificate from the Centre of Excellence and a CPD certificate displaying the number of CPD points earned from the course.

Many Centre of Excellence courses are Fully Accredited by the world’s leading professional membership association for natural medicine – The Complementary Medical Association (The CMA).

You can apply to join The CMA as a Student Member while you are still studying, and if you do so you will be eligible to use the post nominal letters SCMA after your name.

Upon graduation from a CMA Registered course you will be eligible to apply for CMA Membership and this will give you numerous professional benefits including being able to use the letters MCMA after your name – Member of The Complementary Medical Association. This will demonstrate your commitment to excellence and professionalism in the natural healthcare field.

Register with The CMA as a Student or fully qualified Practitioner via The CMA website where you will be asked to submit your certificate of graduation, and proof of insurance.

The CMA’s recommended insurers are Westminster global.

This course is endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme. Therefore, upon successful completion of this course, learners can also receive a certificate of achievement from Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary, which lists the details of all the units the learner has completed as part of the course. (This certificate is optional and costs an additional £25).

The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.

The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through their awarding organisations they have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. They are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.

Their knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables them to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.

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