engaging grieving therapist transition

books:

Caring for a Grieving Child: Engaging Activities for Dealing with Loss and Transition

1 review
Martha Wakenshaw

New Harbinger Publications, 2002

Clear ideas for helping a grieving child
With the recent death of my former sister-in-law, my 7-year old nephew needs help dealing with, well, everything. He moved to a different town, started a different school, lives a different life all in addition to losing his mom. Nobody in our large extended family knew how to deal with the whole concept of helping a grieving child. It just wasn't something we ever had to handle, ...

This Child of Mine: A Therapist's Journey

5 reviews
Martha Wakenshaw

Harbinger Press, 2001

The resilience of the tiniest human spirits
Four-year-old Jackson witnessed the attempted murder of his mother. He ran to call the emergency number like the medics at his pre-school had said -- but the phone was dead. He was found in the back yard, clawing the fence, splinters were under his nails. Martha Wakenshaw, a psychotherapist specializing in play and expressive arts therapy with children, took this youngster who told her that "If ...