Pet Grief Counseling Certification
Purpose: To earn a Certificate in Pet Loss Companioning and learn how to help others, or yourself, through the loss of a beloved pet.
Required Texts:
Pet Parents: A Journey Through Unconditional Love and Grief Coleen Ellis – author
When Your Pet Dies: A Guide To Mourning, Remembering and Healing Dr. Alan Wolfelt – author
Course Information: In this pet grief counseling certification course, you will learn how to help pet parents with the loss of a pet. Death and loss are a mystery, not only to the person that’s walking on a grief journey but it’s also a mystery to those who want to be a companion to that person on their journey. The Pet Loss Companioning course provides the student with the information and practical guidance in knowing how to be that caring companion on a grief journey.
As Pet Care Professionals, while it’s our responsibility to help pet parents with the loss of their pet, it’s also an area that many people are uncomfortable with. In the eight Pet Loss Companioning webinars, many different aspects of death and grief are explored as the attendees learn the intricacies of one of life’s inevitable events.
Homework: Each session will consist of a lecture, a quiz, and homework that helps the student to absorb the material.
The seven segments (8 sessions) of the Pet Loss Companioning Certification include:
- Basics of Pet Loss Companioning
- The Six Central Needs of Mourning
- Various Age Segments and Pet Loss
- The Importance of Rituals in the Grieving Process
- Caregiver Qualities
- Self-Care for the Companion
- Faith Found in Fur
I greatly enjoyed the course, the whole art of pet Companioning is such a great concept and so necessary to moving through the grief and on to loving a pet again. I commend you on your work and greatly enjoyed your book as well. Juanita Facteau
Basics of Pet Loss Companioning -This is the foundation course for Pet Loss Companioning. Learn the difference between treatment and companioning philosophies; grief and mourning; and the 8 “attitudes” of companioning and what each means to the person companioning. Earn a Pet Grief Counseling Certification.
ABCDT-L2 – 8CEUs
Instructor: Coleen Ellis
Course Length: Eight approximately 1 hour sessions
Course Cost – For Credit, $175.00 USD
Student Information:
Access to this course will expire in 3 months. Therefore, you have 3 months to complete this course from the date of registration.
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