Challenges to Cultural Outsiders from the Culture of Grief Counseling/Therapy

Abstract

Every healer works within a culture of healing. Healing cultures may work well when “clients” understand and accept their place in the healing culture. But a healing culture can create challenges for clients whose cultural background is remote from it. This paper explores how the culture of grief counseling and grief therapy may create difficulties for clients who are cultural outsiders. The paper offers advice to culturally other clients, to help them and all readers to understand the culture of grief professionals and to help to overcome, where possible, problems cultural outsiders may encounter when seeking help from grief professionals.