Psycho dynamic therapies are Freudian in base and look at past traumas in early life and other emotional scars to explain present behaviors. In understanding why one acts a certain way, one can then address the current behavior. How one grieves and reacts to loss can also be understood in one’s past. Grief counselors who utilize aspects of Psycho Dynamic theory help individuals understand their past losses to better cope with their present. This can also include how they dealt with loss and grief in the past and how those grieving patterns are negatively effecting a current loss.

Please also review AIHCP’s Grief Counseling Certification and see if it meets your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study with mentorship as needed and open to qualified professionals in human services, mental health, ministry, and healthcare with appropriate degrees or licensures.