GRIEF COUNSELING TRAINING IN COUNSELOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED-STATES - A PRELIMINARY-REPORT

A survey of counselor preparation programs was conducted to document t he status of grief counseling training in the United States, Responden ts gave their opinion about the importance of teaching grief counselin g and their reasons for including/not including grief counseling in th eir curricula. Specific information about the manner in which grief co unseling is currently being addressed in counselor preparation program s was also gathered. Results from 135 programs indicated that training in grief counseling is considered important by most respondents, most programs do address grief counseling, and grief counseling is taught primarily by infusing the topic into various courses. Class lecture/di scussion was the most frequently reported method for teaching grief co unseling. Suggestions for further research on grief counseling trainin g are included.