{"id":59750,"date":"2025-03-24T16:55:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T21:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freestatesocialwork.com\/?p=59750"},"modified":"2026-02-13T13:27:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:27:03","slug":"living-with-loss-a-cognitive-approach-to-prolonged-grief-disorder-incorporating-complicated-enduring-and-traumatic-grief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freestatesocialwork.com\/?p=59750","title":{"rendered":"Living with loss: a cognitive approach to prolonged grief disorder- incorporating complicated, enduring and traumatic grief (2 credit hours)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Program Summary: \u00a0<\/strong>This course explores prolonged grief disorder and highlights existing psychological therapies and models. \u00a0The course differentiates between normal and abnormal grief and offers an overview of the DSM-5 diagnosis of prolonged grief disorder, predictors of prolonged grief, and maintenance factors. \u00a0The reading highlights therapies, including the cognitive model of PTSD as a framework for treating traumatic grief. \u00a0The second reading examines possible maladaptive coping strategies, including avoidance, proximity seeking, and rumination.<\/p>\n

This course is recommended for social workers and counselors and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice. \u00a0<\/em>
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Reading 1: \u00a0<\/strong>Living with loss: \u00a0a cognitive approach to prolonged grief disorder- incorporating complicated, enduring and traumatic grief Authors<\/strong>: Michael Duffy and Jennifer Wild Publisher<\/strong>: Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy Cambridge University Press<\/p>\n

Reading 2: \u00a0<\/strong>From loss to disorder: \u00a0The influence of maladaptive coping on prolonged grief \u00a0Authors<\/strong>: \u00a0Kirsten V. Smith, Jennifer Wild, and Anke Ehlers Publisher<\/strong>: \u00a0Psychiatry Research<\/p>\n

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Course\u00a0Objectives:<\/strong>\u00a0 To enhance professional practice, values, skills and knowledge by examining prolonged grief disorder, existing therapies, and possible maladaptive coping strategies.<\/p>\n

Learning Objectives: \u00a0<\/strong>Describe the DSM-5 diagnosis of prolonged grief disorder. \u00a0Identify predictors of prolonged grief and possible maladaptive coping strategies. \u00a0Describe psychological models for treating grief.<\/p>\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t