How to Help Bereaved Children in Play Therapy

Children feel grief deeply and their grieving process looks different depending on a variety of factors, including their age and developmental level. How can play therapists help children navigate their grief in a way that is unique to their developmental needs in treatment? Play therapy has become the “go-to” approach to help children heal. This includes using play therapy to help children cope with their grief. What are things play therapists can do to help bereaved children heal? That’s what my guest, Liana Lowenstein, and I will be discussing in this episode. Liana is an accomplished author of several play therapy books, including her two books focused on helping play therapists work with bereaved children: Creative Interventions for Bereaved Children, 2nd Ed, and Cory Helps Kids Cope with Grief. Join me for this free weekly livestream with my guest, Liana Lowenstein on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at 7:00 am Pacific time (Los Angeles)/ 10:00 am Eastern time (New York)/3:00 pm UK -London time. Liana and I will be discussing how to recognize grief and children and play therapy strategies to help them cope with grief.