Hey there!
I’m Dallas. I’m a ma, partner, sister, daughter, aunt, friend, Registered Clinical Counsellor, and BC Registered Play Therapist focused on supporting children and families with grief and loss. Thanks for visiting! My hope with this resource is to create a collection of hopefully helpful hints from what I have learned and found helpful in supporting children with grief and loss.
Hopefully Helpful Hints
Behaviours are an Expression of Feelings
Often play and sometimes challenging behaviours are an expression of feelings. Rarely will children come home from a hard day and say exactly what happened…
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Supporting Children with Sudden and Traumatic Loss
Sudden or traumatic loss can be one of the most difficult losses to cope with. We may feel conflicting feelings of anger, sadness, and love all at the same time…
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Show Your Grief (and your other feelings too)
It can be helpful to show children your grief when supporting them with grief, loss, or any other feeling too. With the best intentions, sometimes…
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