grief counseling

Grief and Working with Latino Populations Video Blog

Posted on by Mark Moran

Latino/a Americans face unique challenges. Many face discrimination but also labels of invader or migrant.  Many also find themselves without social support systems.  In addition, the culture has unique perspectives on spirituality, family and loss that can be important factors in the grieving process.  Grief Counselors can help only if they have multicultural understandings of unique population bases.

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 and open to qualified professional seeking a four year certification as a grief counselor.

 

Counseling Migrant Populations Video Blog

Posted on by Mark Moran

Helping migrants adjust and adapt to new homes is a difficult process.  Many face unique challenges, different griefs and losses, as well as numerous prejudices awaiting them.  Grief counselors need to have a general understanding of the nature and mindset of the migrant and the psychological issues that come with it during migrant counseling.  This video takes into account numerous issues and problems migrants face and how to better help them in counseling.  Please also review AIHCP’s Grief Counseling Certification

 

Grief Counseling and Native American Populations Video

Posted on by Mark Moran

Cultural competency is important in counseling. Grief counselors or any counselors need to be aware of their own biases and beliefs as well as how they are perceived by diverse populations.  They also need to be adequately trained in target populations to better help them.   Native Americans have their own unique strengths, challenges, history, traumas, and cultural expressions that need to be understood to better help them in counseling.

Please also review AIHCP’s Grief Counseling Certification and see if it meets your academic and professional goals

 

Gender and Sexual Orientation and Grief Video

Posted on by Mark Moran

Gender and sexual orientation are important and critical characteristics about a person during counseling.  External and internal stressors can all be exist based on the gender of a person or the person’s sexual orientation.  As counselors, it is important to have an important understanding of these target populations and the bias and discrimination they face as well as their own internal issues with family and friends.

Please also review AIHCP’s Grief Diversity Certification and see if it meets your academic and professional goals.  The program is designed for certified grief counselors looking to enhance their understanding of grief through a better understanding of target populations.

 

Multicultural Counseling Video Blog

Posted on by Mark Moran

 

Multicultural counseling competency is important in counseling.  Counselors need to be diverse in understanding how culture, race , creed, age and gender play a role in how a client will respond to them.  Counselors need to be also aware of their own internal biases.  With good cultural understanding, the counseling relationship can become enhanced and help the client heal and grow.  Please review the video above to learn more about multicultural counseling,

Please also review AIHCP’s Grief Counseling Certification, as well as its numerous behavioral health certifications in Christian Counseling, Spiritual Counseling, Anger Management, Crisis Intervention and Stress Management, as well as Life Coaching, ADHD Consulting and Meditation Instructor.

 

Rogerian Therapy Video Blog

Posted on by Mark Moran

Rogerian Therapy is based on client centered care and empathic approaches.  It sees healing as a process of the client confronting emotions and discussions based on those emotions.  It can involve empty seat, emotion analysis, as well as grounding techniques that capture emotional distress with physical manifestation.  The key is to help clients understand emotion and to guide client empathetically at every step of the way

 

Please also review AIHCP’s Grief Counseling Certification, as well as AIHCP’s other behavioral health certification programs in crisis counseling, Christian counseling, Stress Management, Anger Management and Meditation.  The programs are online and independent study and open to qualified professionals.  Please review and see if the program meets your academic and professional goals

 

Reframing Loss Video

Posted on by Mark Moran

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps individuals alter bad behaviors through reframing.  In depression and grief, reframing can help build new perspectives and to approach life differently.  Reframing and labeling something in a positive light can help an individual understand life differently and move forward with healthier behaviors.  In grief and loss meaning reconstruction and reframing is especially important in understand loss but also understanding one’s reaction to loss.

Please also review AIHCP’s Grief Counseling Certification program and see if it meets your academic and professional goals.  The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification in Grief Counseling..  The program is for both clinical professional counselors as well as pastoral counselors.  Please also review the video below on reframing and meaning reconstruction

The Problem Management Model Video

Posted on by Mark Moran

A key part of counseling involves helping the client identify the problem, propose solutions and execute those plans into action with assessment of progress.  This is the core of the Problem Management Model in counseling and is key in helping track a client’s progress.

Please also review AIHCP’s multiple behavioral health certifications ranging from Grief Counseling and Christian Counseling to Crisis, Stress, Life Coaching and Anger Management Programs.  The programs are online and independent study and open to qualified professionals in both the behavioral health and health field areas.

Responding Skills in Counseling Video

Posted on by Mark Moran

Good response skills are critical to help clients receive feed back. Good responses can help the client move forward in the conversation, hear his/her own words, supply additional insight and help give direction.  Responding skills are essential micro skills in counseling and Grief Counselors should be able to utilize good responding skills to help clients better find meaning and emotional validation.

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 and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification in Grief Counseling.

In addition to Grief Counseling, AIHCP offers a variety of other mental and behavioral health certifications for human service and health care professionals.  The programs include Christian Counseling, Spiritual Counseling, Stress Management, Anger Management, Crisis Intervention and Life Coaching.  These programs are aimed to help others in existing counseling fields.  Be aware to differentiate one’s role as a counselor when only pastoral versus one who is licensed.  This is key when applying these certifications to your various levels of academic and professional levels.

Counseling and Attending the Client Video

Posted on by Mark Moran

Counselors study psychology, various therapies and devote themselves to understanding the science of the mind and behavior, but if the counselor is unable to communicate and attend the client properly, then the knowledge is useless.  Counseling hence is also an art.  Counselors must possess interpersonal skills that allow them to help their clients.  Various micro skills help the counselor attend the client.  Basic fundamentals of attending include empathetic listening, observation skills, and appropriate responses.  This forms the foundation of the counselor and client relationship and allows therapy to flourish.

Please also review AIHCP’s numerous behavioral health and healthcare certifications in Grief Counseling, Crisis Counseling, Christian Counseling, Spiritual Counseling, Anger Management, Life Coaching and Stress Management.  The programs are online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification.