Can you help lift the lid of a child’s therapeutic support box?
A message from Caroline Rogers
I’m Caroline Rogers, the Children and Young People’s Counsellor at LOROS Hospice.
Children are referred to me when they have a parent who is going to die. I help them prepare for loss and support them through the grieving process too.
The grieving process is difficult enough for adults to navigate. Imagine how challenging and complex it must feel for a child?
In my counselling sessions, I use many different, age-appropriate tools and resources to help a child to engage, explore and express their feelings. A key part of this support is the therapeutic support boxes we create. These special boxes, which include soft toys, shared activities and personal keepsakes, provide comfort, open up difficult conversations and help families to form happy memories in the precious time they have left.
At LOROS we support the whole family through this most difficult time. I believe we all have a role to play in supporting children and young people to live their very best life following the death of a parent or loved one.
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Amber's story
"When I was just 6 years old, I was told that my dad had got cancer, I didn’t even know what that meant back then. My mum and dad explained to me and my sister, who was then aged 8, that dad was really poorly and he may never feel better. At that point I didn’t fully understand. In August 2016, my dad died, just 8 months after he was diagnosed. It was then that I realised that my dad was gone forever and never coming back. My mum explained that when school re-opened, we had to go to school and back to a ‘normal’ routine, but it wasn’t normal any more. My teachers were really kind and asked if I was ok. At school I felt lost and I got upset often. This is when a therapeutic support box would have been comforting. I just needed something that wasn’t an adult telling me that they knew what I was feeling as they had no idea. I didn’t want to talk I just wanted comforts.”
Amber, now aged 13
