Culturally Responsive Grief Counseling
Tools and Techniques for Supporting Clients form Diverse Populations
- Speaker:
- Ciara Dennis-Morgan, PhD
- Duration:
- Approx 6 hours
- Copyright:
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Jul 23, 2026
- Product Code:
- POS150809
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar - Also available: Live Webinar
Description
- Assessment tools adapted for diverse cultural expressions
- Evidence-based interventions for individual, group, and family therapy
- Strategies for navigating cross-cultural ethical dilemmas
- Tools for examining your own biases
Grief doesn’t look the same for everyone.
The way your clients experience, express, and process loss is deeply shaped by their cultural background, spiritual beliefs, family traditions, and identity.
So good grief work needs to be culturally responsive.
But let’s be honest – most of us learned the “one size fits all” grief models that assume everyone grieves the same way.
That’s why you need this one-day training.
You’ll watch Dr. Clara Dennis-Morgan, a grief specialist and chief clinical and wellness officer at Minority Behavioral Health Group. Dr. Dennis-Morgan focuses her practice on providing culturally specific treatment and teaching clinicians just like you how to do the same.
She’ll give you the essential tools and techniques you need to support grieving clients across diverse populations – with practical guidance grounded in evidence-based practice and real-world application. With step-by-step instruction on assessing grief through a cultural lens and adapting interventions for diverse populations, you’ll leave ready to meet every grieving client where they are.
Watch Dr. Dennis-Morgan and walk away with:
- Assessment tools adapted for diverse cultural expressions of grief
- Evidence-based interventions you can modify for individual, group, and family therapy
- Guidance on honoring cultural mourning practices and rituals ethically
- Strategies for navigating cross-cultural ethical dilemmas
- Tools for examining your own biases and building ongoing cultural competence
This is your opportunity to transform how you approach grief work – helping clients heal in ways that respect who they are, where they come from, and what matters most to them.
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Credit
Continuing education credit information is coming soon for this non-interactive self-study package.
CE hours may be available for select professions, as listed in the target audience. Hours will be dependent on the actual recording time. Please check with your state licensing board or organization for specific requirements.
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**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.
Speaker
Ciara Dennis-Morgan, PhD Related seminars and products
Minority Behavioral Health Group
Ciara Dennis-Morgan, PhD, serves as clinical director at Minority Behavioral Health Group in Akron, Ohio. Dr. Dennis-Morgan has over 15 years of experience in working with children, adults, couples, and families with a variety of issues including grief, anxiety, trauma, marital issues and more. She earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Fielding Graduate University and completed her APA accredited internship at the Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Her current research involvement and interests are in the areas of cultural competency, spirituality, trauma, yoga, intimate partner violence and African centered theory and treatment.
Additional Info
Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)Access never expires for this product.
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Objectives
- Analyze how culture shapes grief experiences, including coping styles and grief trajectories across different cultural settings.
- Modify appropriate grief disorder assessment instruments for diverse populations.
- Evaluate how culturally grounding practices and rituals can support culturally attuned clinical care.
- Apply culturally sensitive principles when implementing grief interventions with minorities, refugees, and other vulnerable groups.
- Utilize expressive and somatic interventions with grieving clients to help them process the loss of a loved one.
- Analyze practice guidelines regarding common ethical challenges in grief work including boundary crossings.
Outline
Understanding Grief Across Cultures
- Definitions, myths, and misconceptions about grief
- Common responses
- Diagnostic considerations
- Cultural variations in grief expression
- Intersectionality: how identity shapes grief experiences
- Reflecting on personal biases and experiences with grief
Grief Assessment and Measurement
- Grief assessment tools
- Assess complicated or prolonged grief
- Adapt assessment approaches for diverse populations
- Evaluate grief in special populations
Evidence-Based Therapeutic Interventions
- Individual, group, and family therapy approaches
- Trauma-informed strategies for grief work
- Integrate somatic and expressive techniques
- Teach adaptive coping and resilience-building
- Research, risks and limitations
- Case studies
Culturally Grounded Practices and Rituals
- Culturally specific mourning practices
- Incorporate rituals into therapy ethically and effectively
- Support clients in honoring cultural and spiritual traditions
- Navigate cultural differences and client preferences
Ethical Considerations
- Professional boundaries while providing grief support
- Documentation and risk management
- Vicarious grief in clinicians
- Navigate cross-cultural ethical dilemmas
Self-Reflection and Clinical Skill Integration
- Reflect on personal grief and its impact on clinical practice
- Build cultural humility as a clinician
- Integrate cultural responsiveness into cohesive care
- Practical exercises and case applications
Target Audience
- Social Workers
- Counselors
- Psychologists
- Marriage & Family Therapists
- Nurses
- Thanatologists
- Chaplains/Clergy
- Case Managers
- Physicians
- Other Mental Health Professionals
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