Cultural competency is important in counseling. Grief counselors or any counselors need to be aware of their own biases and beliefs as well as how they are perceived by diverse populations.  They also need to be adequately trained in target populations to better help them.   Native Americans have their own unique strengths, challenges, history, traumas, and cultural expressions that need to be understood to better help them in counseling.

Please also review AIHCP’s Grief Counseling Certification and see if it meets your academic and professional goals