If your child has experienced a bereavement it may be helpful for them to talk to a therapist to help process their grief and associated emotions.
Some children bottle up their feelings as they are too strong and painful to know how to cope with them. Often children feel like they don’t want to bother their parent, who may also be grieving themselves. Others may express their sadness through anger and changed behaviour. Some children may struggle at school and with peers, or have difficulty in adapting to the relationships that may have changed at home.
Depending on age, I can work with creativity and use games to build a trusting and open relationship and help to explore their emotions together. Sessions have a very person centred approach and I work at the child or young persons pace to help process their
Where appropriate, it is useful for the child or young person to understand there is no right or wrong way to feel, as their relationship with the person who has died is unique and their grief is unique too.
Please get in contact to discuss your childs individual needs.
For education setting referrals, a quiet undisturbed room will be needed for support to take place along with parental consent. I work with ages 5 years and above.
Please look up the following organisations for resources and more information about how to support bereaved children and young people.
