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  5. Grief and Bereavement Therapy
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Last Updated: 29/03/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
RPD621 - Grief and Bereavement Therapy II. SEMESTER 3 +0 7.5
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) DOÇ. DR. BİRCAN ERGÜN BAŞAK
Mode of Delivery Face tp Face
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Prerequisites N/A
Courses Recomended N/A
Recommended Resources Worden, J. W. (2018). Grief counseling and grief therapy: A handbook for the mental health practitioner (5. baskı). NY: Springer Publishing Company.Bowlby, J. (1980). Attachment and loss. New York: Basic Books.Volkan, V. D. ve Zintl, E. (2019). Kayıptan Sonra Yaşam: Komplike Yas ve Tedavisi. Pusula Yayınevi.Humphrey, K. (2022). Counseling Strategies for Loss and Grief. American Counseling Association Publication.Kübler-Ross, E., & Kessler, D. (2005). On grief and grieving: Finding the meaning of grief through the five stages of loss. Simon and Schuster.
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Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 Basic Concepts and Philosophical Foundations
Week - 2 The History and Sociocultural Development of the Concept of Death
Week - 3 Psychoanalitical Grief Theory
Week - 4 Attachment Theory and Stages of Grief
Week - 5 The Dual Process Model and Meaning Construction
Week - 6 Continuing Bonds Theory
Week - 7 Midterm exam
Week - 8 Factors Affecting the Grief Process
Week - 9 Complex Bereavement and Prolonged Grief Disorder
Week - 10 Unexpected Deaths, Suicide, Homicide, and Mass Traumas
Week - 11 Special Forms of Grief: Indeterminate Loss, Unjustified Grief, and Secondary Losses
Week - 12 Grief in Different Developmental Stages (Childhood, Adolescence, Adulthood and Old Age)
Week - 13 Intervention Methods in Grief Therapy
Week - 14 Final Exam

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