Training and Supervision of Counselors at a Residential Grief Camp

Abstract

Peer-based grief camps, utilizing a volunteer staff, represent one method of mutual aid support for children. Manitou Experience is an example of a week-long residential camp for grieving boys. The recruitment, training, and supervision of Manitou Experience’s camp counselors and clinical team members are explained as they relate to program development and facilitation of positive change in its campers. Strengths and challenges of group processes are explored and discussed.

KEYWORDS:

• residential treatment
• grief counseling
• supervision
• clinical team members
• group process
• camp