Description
This 40 minute eCPD tutorial will help you understand pet bereavement counselling within veterinary practice. It introduces key terms within loss and grief and provides deeper understanding of the psychology of pet-person relationships – what is often termed the human-companion animal relationship (HCAR).
Models for understanding grief are introduced, with practical case study examples, highlighting how these can be applied to enrich bereavement care in practice. How to identify potentially vulnerable clients and key counselling skills are introduced, with discussion of how reflective listening is the heart of sensitive, safe and ethical bereavement counselling within veterinary practice.
Susan Dawson CPsychol, DCounsPsych, PhD
This tutorial is worth 40 minutes of CPD.
Unfortunately, course notes are not available to accompany this tutorial.
Upon purchase, the tutorial will be immediately available to view from ‘My Courses’ (along with your course notes, if available). The tutorial will be available to view for 7 days, and will be automatically deleted after this time. Please ensure you have watched the tutorial and printed the course notes before your course expires.
Dr Sue Dawson is a HCPC registered Specialist Counselling Psychologist currently working with the NHS; within her Professional Doctorate training Sue investigated veterinary surgeons’ experiences of depression and suicidal ideation. Sue has also completed a research doctorate investigating caregiver grief in relation to companion animal euthanasia. Sue has over 15 years experience working therapeutically with grieving pet owners. She has also carried out research into investigating therapeutic riding for children with behavioural difficulties. During her Research Doctorate Sue trained and gained experience in counselling grieving pet owners at The Animal Medical Centre, New York and also The Argus Institute for Families and Veterinary Medicine at Colorado State University. She has over 15 years experience of developing and providing training in pet bereavement support and the psychology of human animal relationships, including teaching at Myerscough College on the BSc in Animal Welfare, BSc in Veterinary Nursing and the Animal Assisted Therapy Foundation Degree. Sue spent 2 years working as Training Manager with The Blue Cross Pet Bereavement Support Service (2007-2009). Before this she worked for The RSPCA as an Education Adviser in the UK and internationally, in post war Bosnia. She is a qualified teacher with masters degrees in Special Educational Needs and The Psychology of Education.
