Course Overview: This course is part of the   Doctorate Degree Program in Bereavement at the School of Grief Education of AITU.

It is a 6-hour semester course that must be completed within 6 weeks.

This course reviews the most commonly known 20^th and 21^st century psychological and scientific approaches towards psychotherapy.

– Course Assignments: There are 17 assignments for which the student has one mandatory book as material, as well as audio visual materials. The student has to make use of the materials from the complete program and what they seem appropriate and relevant material located elsewhere in the public domain.

Course Objectives:

• Become familiar with some of the major approaches to counseling
• Gain a working knowledge of several important therapeutic techniques
• Understand the basic theoretical background of different approaches to counseling
• Apply the theoretical understanding of the material to case vignettes
• Be able to discern which approaches/techniques are best suited to different clients/ situations