Guilt is the grit of grief. Learning to carry on with life when a loved one dies can make us feel guilty. How can we carry on in their absence? Growing around grief is a model created by grief counsellor Lois Tonkin. Tonkin developed the model after speaking to a
What are you waiting for? While the waiting lists for child mental health assessments get longer, our anxiety ramps up. Parents and children wait in limbo. Feeling helpless. Do professionals hold all the answers? What can we do ‘in the meantime’ period while we wait for a professional assessment? According
Children aged between 5-10 yrs find it difficult to talk about their feelings in the same direct way that adults do. Have you noticed how a child reacts if you ask them directly, ‘How do you feel about Granny dying?’ Most likely they will look away from you, change the
Freud originated the notion of ‘grief work’, the idea that we must work through grief to overcome it. Children in play therapy know this to be true. Their sessions aren’t fun. They are working hard to rearrange the representations of the lost person. Adjust to their physical absence. Locate a
The hardest part about death is accepting its finality. The person you love is never coming back, ever. While their body may no longer be seen, touched, or heard, where does all the love go? We all have a spiritual relationship of our own understanding. My children’s character Isaac, in my
Do you want to read a story with me? is a closed question. There is only a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ response. On the other hand, ‘which story would you like to read from this collection to remember your Mum? is an open question. Open questions invite information sharing. When we
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