Support your children to navigate their grief, with confidence
It can be difficult to know how best to support children, especially when you are grieving, too.
Learn how to provide mattering-reinforcing care; support provided their way.
You care deeply and you’re worried about your child. It hurts to know your child is hurting. You’d do anything to change what has happened. Even if your child “seems okay” at present, you’re concerned about what you may not know and how what has happened might affect them in future years. You desperately want to support them in every way you can, yet you’re unsure how. You find yourself questioning if what you are doing is “enough” and if you could be doing “more”.
I get it. It can be difficult to know how best to support a child who is grieving, even more so if you are grieving yourself. The reality is, we’re not taught about grief or how to support grieving children at school or when we become parents.
Know that you needn’t navigate this tricky terrain, by yourself. I can support you to support your children, their way. That is, in a way that is truly responsive to their unique needs.
Support for parents
One-on-one Consult
Book a 90 minute consult with me. A one-off conversation is often all it takes (although I’m absolutely available for follow-up sessions, too, or to support you with your own grief).
I will listen to understand your specific circumstance and needs, and share with you the key principles of a mattering-reinforcing care approach. You will leave the session with a clear set of specific support actions you can take moving forward (a Support Plan, of sorts).
The session will allow you to:
take the guess work out of the support you’re providing
better understand the key aspects of what makes support, supportive
have your questions answered, and
feel less alone in your experience.
If this sounds as though it might be helpful for you, I would love to hear from you.
No matter how full my diary gets with keynotes or workshops, I always find time to offer one-on-one consults. Why? Because I ‘get’ how tricky support can be (especially when you’re worried about your child and you’re grieving yourself). I also know the very real difference, the right support and information, can make.
Consults available via zoom or in-person.
One-on-one 90 min. consults are $250 (incl. gst).
"Thanks so much Shelley. These last few months have been really tough, I can't imagine how much harder it would have been without your help.""Thank you Shelley! I have learned a lot from you and it's make a huge difference having you in my corner. While I still worry about the kids, it's not in the same all-consuming way it was before. Having the support plan has given me more confidence. Thanks again for everything.""Thanks Shelley. Your support and guidance has been a game-changer for my relationship with [child's name].I will be forever grateful.""I came to you needing help so I could better support the boys. You gave me that and so much more. Thank you for the way you listened and supported me, in my own grief, also."