Grief & Trauma Counselling

Skills the market pays for

Build stabilisation, psychoeducation, and referral skills suited to Kenyan community realities and NGO protocols.

Essential for NGO psychosocial teams, hospital pastoral care, and disaster response partners.

In-demand skills you will apply

• Trauma-informed principles
• Grief models and rituals
• Stabilisation techniques
• Self-care for helpers

Who should enrol

• Teachers, pastors, HR and community workers
• Aspiring counsellors and social service staff
• Professionals adding counselling tools to their role

What you will be able to do

• Support grieving and traumatised clients safely
• Avoid re-traumatisation in practice
• Coordinate with medical and legal services
• Manage helper burnout

Practical coverage

1. 1 Introduction to Grief and Trauma Counselling
2. 2 Understanding Trauma and Trauma Responses
3. 3 Theories and Models of Grief and Loss
4. 4 Psychological First Aid and Crisis Stabilisation
5. 5 Trauma-Informed Assessment and Case Formulation
6. 6 Grief Counselling Skills and Practical Steps
7. 7 Childhood Traumatic Grief and Supporting Bereaved Youth
8. 8 Complicated Grief, Prolonged Grief, and Higher-Risk Presentations
9. 9 Ethics, Culture, Safeguarding, and Helper Self-Care
10. 10 Case Management, Support Planning, and Final Practical Assessment