Mapping Compassionate Support: Advanced Grief Training for Counsellors & Therapists
Grief takes many forms—quiet, raw, complicated, or unfolding across years. And it is not restricted to bereavement – grief will be part of many (if not most) of your clients’ stories, whether that is after a serious health diagnosis, a relationship end, children leaving home, retirement, or many other life changes that change bonds and can result in a grief response.
As a counsellor or therapist, holding space for loss requires more than clinical skill; it demands presence, empathic curiosity, and the ability to recognise and navigate the diverse expressions of grief.
Deepen your ability to support those navigating loss with Grief Guides: Mapping Compassionate Support, a CPD-accredited course designed to give you a grounded, compassionate, and practical approach to grief work.
This training is designed to provide a foundational understanding of grief, expand your therapeutic toolkit, and strengthen your confidence in supporting clients through loss. You’ll explore models of grief beyond the traditional stages, learn about different styles of grief, and practice strategies to sustain your own resilience.
Whether you are newly encountering grief in your work or seeking to enrich your existing practice, this training offers insight, experiential learning, and a safe space to reflect on the profound privilege of accompanying others through loss.
Through this training you will:
Gain a comprehensive understanding of grief.
Learn how to use the Grief Map as a tool: to guide conversations and offer structure during emotionally charged moments.
Benefit from flexible, self-paced learning, with modules you can revisit and reflect upon over time—supported by reflective journaling, peer connection, and community engagement.
Participate in a live, tutor-led session (90 minutes via Teams) to deepen insight, with expert facilitators.
By the end of the course, you’ll feel more confident supporting clients through diverse grief journeys, and resilient in your own practice. The resources will remain yours forever—there to return to, to refresh, to build upon.
Take 30% off this CPD Accredited Training
Fulfilling your CPD hours can be expensive, so we’re delighted to offer you 30% off the cost of the Grief Maps training package, bringing the cost down from £90 to £63.
Grief Training for Counselling Training Providers
Enhance Your Curriculum with Specialist Grief Training
If you are a training provider of counselling or psychotherapy students, you have the opportunity to book us for in-person or online grief training. This will cover the foundations of grief models, specialist topics like neurodivergence and grief, or traumatic loss such as after suicide. We can deliver webinars, workshops and presentations.
Come to one of our free webinars and drop-in sessions
We hold regular free online sessions, where you can meet trainers Martin & Trudie, ask questions, and learn more about topics like neurodivergence and grief.