Hosted by the Ferentz Institute, this course in the study of grief and loss will focus on grief counseling theory and bereavement counseling tools and techniques. Furthermore, the course aims to raise awareness regarding the array of needs of grieving people coping with death, illness, dying, impairment, separation, workplace change and other significant life loss events. This course will aid clinicians in gaining professional competence in bereavement counseling and the nuances of the human grief response. The course will also address the current experience of communal grief in this unprecedented time of a global pandemic.