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Overcoming Loss: Activities and Stories to Help Transform Children's Grief and Loss

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Grief is one of the hardest emotions to identify in children of divorce. Grief is so quiet and divorce is so loud. The swirl of passion and pain expressed by the adults smothers the heartache felt by their children. This book was written for clinicians but can be a critical tool for parents to help their children deal, heal and move on after the death of a marriage. Charlotte Hardwick, author of Win Your Child Custody War: Child Custody Help Source Book--A How-To System for People Serious About the Welfare of Their Child (12th Edition)

This book has great ideas for using art and play for younger children to help with grief processing. Great applications for therapists and workers helping younger children.
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This book is a helpful resource for those working with grieving children. It integrates play and art activities to help children identify and express feelings. Counselors and therapists working with grieving children may also be interested in the following books:

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