Loss & Bereavement - Clinical Practice

RCSI, in association with the Irish Hospice Foundation, runs two accredited Level 9 MSc programmes focusing on loss and bereavement: MSc in Loss & Bereavement and MSc in Loss & Bereavement (Clinical Practice).



Both programmes are rooted in contemporary scientific research and designed against a policy and professional regulation backdrop.



Applications for the MSc Loss & Bereavement (Clinical Practice) are invited from qualified, accredited psychotherapists and counsellors whose clinical work involves therapeutic support of bereaved people.

Module Format Induction day Classroom

M1: Loss, grief and bereavement models through the lifespan

Online

M1: Loss, grief and bereavement models through the lifespan

Classroom

M1: Loss, grief and bereavement models through the lifespan

Classroom

M2: Counselling in loss and bereavement

Online

M2: Counselling in loss and bereavement

Classroom

M2: Counselling in loss and bereavement

Classroom

M3(a): Applied bereavement practice (clinical practice group) Online

M3(b): Organisational staff support (general group)

Online

M3(a): Applied bereavement practice (clinical practice group) Classroom

M3(b): Organisational staff support (general group) Classroom

M1: Loss, grief and bereavement models through the lifespan / M2: Counselling in loss and bereavement Classroom

M5: Research appraisal Online

Integration day and RCSI Library Classroom

M3(a): Applied bereavement practice (clinical practice group) Classroom

M3(b): Organisational staff support (general group) Classroom

M6(a): Advanced counselling and practitioner self Online

M6(b): Range of loss and finite loss Online

M6(a): Advanced counselling and practitioner self (clinical practice group) Classroom

M6(b): Range of loss and finite loss (general group) Classroom

M5: Research and integration day Classroom

M4: Loss, death and bereavement in society Online

M4: Loss, death and bereavement in society Classroom

M4: Loss, death and bereavement in society

Classroom

M7: Policy and management in bereavement care Online

M7: Policy and management in bereavement care

Classroom

M7: Policy and management in bereavement care Classroom

M7: Policy and management in bereavement care Classroom

Integration day Classroom



Credits



Module Title Credits

1 Loss, grief and bereavement models through the lifespan 10

2 Counselling in loss and bereavement 10

3a Applied bereavement practice: preparing the self to work with loss 10

4 Loss, death and bereavement in society 10

5 Research appraisal 5

6a Advanced counselling and practitioner self

5

7 Policy and management in bereavement care 10



Year 2



In Year 2, you will complete a dissertation. Classes are held in two-day blocks once a month (Mondays and Tuesdays) and run from September to May.



Module Title Credits

8 Dissertation 30

Please contact Antoinette Stanbridge if you have specific queries about the course content.

To apply for this programme you must hold current accreditation/membership through a national body overseeing counselling/psychotherapy/psychology or other relevant clinical practice, and a relevant Level 8 degree (or equivalent as demonstrated through Recognition of Prior Learning [RPL]). RPL involves demonstration of formal training in counselling/psychotherapy; significant professional experience, including client caseload, in loss/bereavement related work; clinical supervision and evidence of personal insight into loss and bereavement.



An academic transcript will be requested when a place is offered. An academic transcript lists your complete academic history – programmes attended, a breakdown of marks/grades achieved, the degree awarded, your overall grade and conferring date.



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If you are a prospective students applying for the MSc Loss & Bereavement (Counselling) for whom English is not your native language you may need to arrange a test to confirm proficiency in English. More details are available here.



Please note: Ensure you are applying for the correct stream within the MSc Loss & Bereavement programmes. If you are uncertain, please read the MSc Loss & Bereavement brochure or contact Jennifer Leech, Education Administrator at the Irish Hospice Foundation.

2 years part-time.



Year 1



Classes for Year 1 are held online on one Saturday, with a two-day block of lectures in the classroom the following week. The programme will run from 9.15am to 5:30pm, September to May.



Please note: These dates are approximate and are subject to change.

Participants on this programme come from a range of professions and sectors across Ireland and the UK.



We aim to work with you to develop a new and informed approach to how bereavement care is provided in the settings in which you work.