Postgraduate certificate Grief Management

Losing a loved one to cancer can cause a great deal of suffering for family members. Grief is a natural response to death that, in some cases, progresses in a healthy way, allowing them to resume their lives. However, on other occasions, the pain is so great that it complicates the recovery process. This program will address this issue, exploring the theories on how to support the grief process and help people to learn to live with loss. Students will also be presented with a clear distinction between healthy grief and complicated grief, so that a suitable intervention plan can be drawn up.

University certificate

duration

6 weeks

Modality

Online

Schedule

At your own pace

Exams

Online

start date

Credits

6 ECTS

financing up to

3 months

Price

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Introduction to the Program

Meet the needs of family members after the loss of a loved one with cancer”

Families that have lost a loved one to cancer react in different ways. Some may have already come to terms with the loss while others are taken by surprise. Although bereavement is not considered a disease, it should be given attention in order to prevent it from becoming a condition that affects the lives of survivors. In order to do so, psycho-oncologists need to learn how to express empathy or compassion in order to support the family.

This Postgraduate certificate in Grief Management is a psychoeducational program aimed at helping mourners cope and improving their quality of life during bereavement. In addition, it will help to distinguish the difference between normal grief and complicated grief, and the contributing risk factors.

Emotional pain after a death from cancer makes it necessary to consider care for family members that goes beyond the disease process and the end of life. Given the delicacy of this situation, it is advisable for psychology professionals to have a strategy in place so that they can provide high-quality care when called upon to do so.

At the end of the program, students will be able to apply the appropriate techniques to help patients, and be equipped with the skills necessary to work in a private practice or directly in the oncology department of a hospital.

Help an oncology patient's family cope with death before it happens"

This Postgraduate certificate in Grief Management contains the most complete and up-to-date educational program on the market. The most important features include:

Practical cases presented by experts in Psycho-Oncology
Graphic, schematic, and practical contents which provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice.
Practical exercises where self-assessment can be undertaken to improve learning
Special emphasis on innovative methodologies for psychological treatment for families of cancer patients
Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

Avoid any action that puts the life of a cancer patient's family member at risk”

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who pour their professional experience into this program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

Multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will allow professionals to learn in a contextual and situated learning environment, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive learning designed to prepare them for real situations.

The design of this program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, by means of which professionals must try to solve the different professional practice situations that are presented to them throughout the program. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.

Become familiar with the theoretical principles that help psycho-oncologists to support the grieving process for a patient’s family members"

Determine the most appropriate intervention, in collaboration with the psycho-oncology team, after the loss of a child with cancer"

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Postgraduate Certificate in Bereavement Management

One of the most traumatic and tragic events that can affect a person is the death of a loved one, which causes deep grief and massive sadness. Although all deaths are painful, one of the most difficult to assimilate is death due to cancer, since, from the oncological process, the situation becomes difficult for the relatives. For this reason, the support of psychologists is an important factor in helping people to overcome this difficult situation. With the motivation to provide the necessary tools for professionals to perform adequately in this area, TECH designed a Postgraduate Certificate in Bereavement Management. A high-level online program focused on facilitating the process of recovery and adaptation of patients to this new stage. The main theme of this postgraduate course will address grief psychotherapy from an integrative relational model, followed by the conceptual guidelines that allow the management of trauma.

Get certified in the largest Faculty of Psychology

If among your academic and professional goals is to take a Postgraduate Certificate focused on this field, TECH offers you the best tools to achieve it. We have the most complete and updated program in the market, where you will find didactic material based on real clinical cases, which will allow you to study the stages of grief and how to handle it properly. As you go through the program during six weeks, you will learn the techniques and models that improve your ability to cope and assimilate this situation. In addition, you will deepen in the use of psychopharmacology and the different therapeutic options, with the aim of controlling mood alterations through appropriate psychological strategies.

Postgraduate course on the phases of grief

One of the main objectives of this program is to provide the psychologist with the latest techniques to prevent the development of complicated or pathological grief, which often leads to suicidal desires because of not being able to bear what has happened. After graduating from the program, you will be a specialist in psycho-oncology, a discipline that improves the quality of care and therapeutic interventions for people who have lost a loved one to cancer; all of this will add value to your career and allow you to broaden your field of knowledge.