College of Mental Health & Trauma Sciences
Grief Counseling Practitioner Collection™
A six-credential pathway in the careful, professional work of grief and bereavement support.
Six credential levels · 35 modules of study
Overview
The Collection, in brief.
The Grief Counseling Practitioner Collection™ is the University's complete pathway to practise as a Grief Counseling Practitioner: six credentials, studied in ascending order, each conferred in its own right and entered in the University register on completion.
Study begins with the Accelerated Foundation Credential and concludes at the Fellow Practice Diploma. Each level builds on the one before it, so a student may stop at any credential and hold it whole, or continue up the ladder as her practice deepens.
The Collection is offered within the College of Mental Health & Trauma Sciences, whose curriculum is reviewed by the Clinical Faculty Board.
Curriculum
Six levels, one ladder.
The credential ladder
Level I · AFC
Accelerated Foundation Credential
3 modules of study
Level II · MD
Mini Diploma
5 modules of study
Level III · PPD
Professional Practitioner Diploma
9 modules of study
Level IV · APD
Advanced Practitioner Diploma
6 modules of study
Level V · MPD
Master Practitioner Diploma
8 modules of study
Level VI · FPD
Fellow Practice Diploma
4 modules of study
Module counts are those of the University's credential framework, common to every Collection.
What the curriculum covers
- Foundations of grief, loss and bereavement support
- Client assessment, intake and sensitive screening
- Evidence-based methods for individual and group grief support
- Session structure, care planning and progress review
- Professional standards, ethics and boundaries with clinical mental-health care
- Complicated grief: case management and referral to licensed clinicians
- Research literacy, outcome measurement and practice development
Themes are stated at curriculum level; the module syllabus for each credential is set out within its programme of study.
Career Outcomes
Where the Collection leads.
Graduates practise as grief counseling practitioners in private practice, community and end-of-life settings, referring to licensed care where grief becomes clinical; market bands are published in Career Pathways.
Where market or earnings figures are published, they are cited and subject to the University's earnings disclaimer.
Admissions
Admission is by application.
Applications to the Grief Counseling Practitioner Collection™ are read by the Office of Admissions and answered in the ordinary course. No transcripts and no standardised tests are required for foundation study.