The American Academy of Grief Counseling offers a wide variety of stand alone continuing education courses that have been preapproved to meet the CE requirement for recertification in the following certifications.
- Child and Adolescent Grief Counseling Certification
- Christian Grief Counseling Certification
- Grief Counseling Certification
- Grief Counseling Fellowship
- Grief Diversity Counseling Certified Specialist
- Grief Support Group Certified Specialist
- Grief Support Practitioner Certification
- Pastoral Thanatology Certification
- Perinatal Grief Counseling Certification
- Pet Loss Grief Support Specialist Certification
Certified members can also use the courses within any of the above programs to meet their recertification CE requirements as well as working towards another certification.
Board Approvals for Continuing Education
The CE courses below offered by AIHCP, which is an approved provider of continuing education by the following state boards:
- The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is an Approved Provider for Continuing Education by the South Carolina Professional Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists and Psycho-Educational Specialists licensing board, Provider # 4637.
- The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc. is a licensed Continuing Education Provider in the State of California, Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # CEP 15595.
- The following CE Courses have provider approvals: The American Institute of Health Care Professionals, Inc. is an Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the Florida State Board of Nursing Provider # 50-11975.
The courses are also approval from these state boards of nursing:
- The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the Arkansas Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
- The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the Georgia Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
- The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the South Carolina Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
- The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Professional Registered Nurses. CE Provider # 50-11975.
- The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the New Mexico Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
For the full list of our current state and board approvals, please visit our healthcare continuing education approvals page.
American Academy of Grief Counseling Recertification Course List
All of CE courses below are available for individual enrollment. Anyone can take them to fulfil their CE requirements for recertification or for their own educational enrichment.
You may enroll into as few or as many course as you wish. All of the CE courses are self paced, independent study. Students buy the textbooks, follow the syllabus and take a comprehensive online exam. Faculty mentoring is provided, as needed. Many of our courses include supplementary videos and course materials. Students have a two-year timeframe to complete all required CE courses in the curriculum. Again, all textbooks and learning materials are separate and not included in the course cost.
AM 500 – Anger Management: Concepts & Theories
Course Code: AM 500. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 65. Course Cost: $200.
BH 100 – Basic Counseling Skills for The Health Care Professional
Course Code: BH 100. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 40. Course Cost: $60
CI 600 – Counseling PTSD & Suicidal Clients
Course Code: CI 600. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 50. Course Cost: $150
CI 610 – Counseling Victims of Violence & Disasters
Course Code: CI 610. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 50. Course Cost: $150
CI 620 – Trauma Informed Care
Course Code: CI 620. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 50. Course Cost: $200
CI 625 – Understanding Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma in Helping Professionals
Course Code: CI 625. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 50. Course Cost: $200
GC 500 – Complicated Mourning
Course Code: GC 500. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 25. Course Cost: $100
GC 510 – Spiritual Interventions In Grief Counseling
Course Code: GC 510. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 25. Course Cost: $100
GC 520 – Assessment And Intervention Strategies For Bereaved Children
Course Code: GC 520. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 30. Course Cost: $150
GC 530 – Meaning Reconstruction In Grief And Bereavement
Course Code: GC 530. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 40. Course Cost: $150
GC 535 – Bereavement Aftercare Programs: Development & Implementation
Course Code: GC 535. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 30. Course Cost: $100
GC 540 – Counseling Individuals With Life-threatening Illness
Course Code: GC 540. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 45. Course Cost: $150
GC 570 – Current Topics in Death, Dying & Bereavement
Course Code: GC 570. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 45. Course Cost: $125
GC 575 – Pastoral Care for Complicated Grieving
Course Code: GC 575. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 50. Course Cost: $150
GC 600 – Christian Death and Dying
Course Code: GC 600. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 35. Course Cost: $150
GC 630 – Counseling Ministry to the Bereaved
Course Code: GC 630. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 50. Course Cost: $150
GC 640 – Christian Approaches to Survivors of Suicide
Course Code: GC 640. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 40. Course Cost: $150
GC 650 – Transform Your Loss
Course Code: GC 650. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 30. Course Cost: $100
GC 670 – New Concepts in the Science of Bereavement
Course Code: GC 670. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 30. Course Cost: $100
GC 680 – Elisabeth Kubler Ross and Grief Theory
Course Code: GC 680. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 50. Course Cost: $150
GC 682 – Ambiguous Grief and Cognitive Grief Therapy
Course Code: GC 682. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 50. Course Cost: $150
GC 684 – Effective Clinical Interviewing
Course Code: GC 684. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 50. Course Cost: $200
GC 685 – Counseling Hispanics Through Loss
Course Code: GC 685. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 35. Course Cost: $125
GC 686 – Family Divorce Therapy
Course Code: GC 686. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 30. Course Cost: $150
GC 687 – Perspectives on Aging
Course Code: SC GC 687. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 40. Course Cost: $150
GC 688 – The Seven Intentions of Mourning
Course Code: SC GC 688. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 20. Course Cost: $125
GC 740 – Grief Support for Global Cultures & Religions
Course Code: GC 740. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 35. Cost: $150.00.
GC 750 – Grief Support for People of Color
Course Code: GC 750. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 65. Cost: $185.00.
GC 760 – Grief Support for LGBTQ+ Communities
Course Code: GC 760. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 60. Cost: $185.00.
GC 770 – Grief Support for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Course Code: GC 770. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 35. Course Cost: $150.00
GC 775 – Perinatal Loss for Grief and Health Care Professionals
Course Code: GC 775. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 25. Course Cost: $150.00
GC 780 – Perinatal Loss for Grief and Health Care Professionals
Course Code: GC 780. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 35. Course Cost: $150.00
GC 785 – Perinatal Grief: Concepts and Strategies for Effective Clinical Support
Course Code: GC 785. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 35. Course Cost: $150.00
HM 565 – Applied Health Care Ethics and Law
Course Code: HM 565. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 30. Course Cost: $150
HM 570 – Ethics in Health Care Practice
Course Code: HM 570. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 50. Course Cost: $175
PC 500 – Foundations of Palliative Care
Course Code: PC 500. Contact hours of continuing education: 40. Cost: $150
PC 510 – Palliative Care: Quality Care at End of Life I
Course Code: PC 510. Contact hours of continuing education: 45. Cost: $175
PC 520 – Palliative Care: Quality Care at End of Life II
Course Code: PC 520. Contact hours of continuing education: 45. Cost: $175
SC 405 – When Bad Things Happen: The Existence of Evil
Course Code: SC 405. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 30. Course Cost: $100
SC 660 – Spirituality Based Trauma Informed Care
Course Code: SC 660. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 50. Course Cost: $200
SC 661 – Spiritual Trauma Informed Care for Survivors of Sexual and Spiritual Abuse
Course Code: SC 661. Contact hours of Continuing Education: 50. Course Cost: $200