For Immediate Release
April 10, 2008

Helping professionals learn to counsel those coping with loss and grief in UCR Extension class

RIVERSIDE, CALIF. – Losing a loved one, a job, a pet, a home or anything that one becomes attached to can be devastating and damaging to the grief-stricken person. Helping professionals inevitably encounter people traumatized by loss in their day-to-day responsibilities. To refine one’s skills in dealing with the grief-stricken, UCR Extension is offering the class Grief and Loss Counseling. The class meets from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 18 and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 19 at the UCR Extension Center, 1200 University Ave.

This course examines the emotional, cognitive and physical components of grief and how to help someone dealing with loss issues. Topics include the process of grief, interventions, children’s reactions to loss, the caregiver, and the differences between anticipatory and unexpected loss. MFT/LCSW and registered nurses continuing education credit is available. The fee is $195.

For information about this class, contact (951) 827-5804, e-mail sciences@ucx.ucr.edu. To register online or browse current courses, visit www.extension.ucr.edu. To register by phone, call (951) 827-4105 or dial toll-free at (800) 442-4990. To receive a free catalog, call (951) 827-3806.

UCR Extension is the continuing education division of the University of California, Riverside. Extension offers more than 3,800 courses and 90 certificate programs in a variety of academic programs, including agriculture and landscape, arts and humanities, business and management, education, teacher’s credentialing, English, environmental management, forensic investigations and public safety, geospatial analysis and technology, health services and behavioral sciences, information technology, languages, law and public policy, Native American studies, natural sciences, and yoga.