Online Training and Certification Programs
A reader writes: I am at a crossroads in my life. I feel I am being drawn to grief education. I want to become a certified bereavement counselor/educator/specialist. I have no idea where my path is going, only that I need to take the journey. I have been told there is special training/certification I need for that, but I can't find anything at the different universities. Any information you can provide would be helpful.
These are the programs* of which I am aware:
- offers several different certifications: the Grief Service Provider, the Grief Support Group Facilitator, the Cemetery Grief Service Provider, the Military Grief Support Provider, the Insurance Industry Grief Support Provider, and the Grief Management Specialist.
- Madonna University offers two academic programs, with certificates at both undergraduate and graduate levels:
- offers a and a ; both programs are designed to conform to the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) certification requirements for those interested in becoming certified as death educators, grief counselors or grief therapists.
- The sponsors excellent training programs and continuing education offerings in the field of grief and loss.
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