Grief Counseling for Children: Helping Your Child Grieve
Sarabeth Butts
In times of loss, helping your child grieve is important not only for supporting them through the present loss, but also for the sake of teaching them how to face the many losses they will experience throughout life. Part of the solution can be found in grief counseling. Loss can happen through death, to be sure, but losses come in many shapes and sizes. Your child is looking to you for cues on how to grieve. If you’re trying to dismiss a loss as trivial or you are hiding your own grief, your child will do the same. Alternatively, as you allow yourself to grieve in your own healthy ways...
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