Here is the truth. Not all counselors are going to make good grief counselors. This is not to say that these counselors aren’t well meaning. They usually are. It is simply that the universal experience of grief/bereavement is not spoken much about in the course of their education. Most graduate programs do not require specific courses in death, dying and grief. Some programs do not even offer a specific course in the subject but may be briefly covered as part of a human devel