Students participate as members of a group and are asked to record data and observations. Selected readings provide cognitive input. For teachers, counselors and administrators interested in developing their group counseling and therapy skills. Examines various theoretical approaches and their practical application. Emphasizes specific techniques for such interventions.
Special attention is given to issues of assessment, diagnosis and treatment.
Combines didactic and experiential approaches and demonstrations, applying various principles. Includes opportunities to do individual work. Includes case presentations and methods of integrating test results. Focuses on clinical syndromes and psychopharmacological interventions. Examines issues of loss, the grieving process, philosophical meaning of life and death, hospice concept, children's concept of death, life and death experiences, research of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, the funeral process, terminal illness, and bereavement.