Professional Training & Workshops
Supporting Professionals Working with Bereaved Children &Young People.
Working with children and young people experiencing grief can feel complex and challenging. Professionals are often supporting children who may struggle to express their emotions, understand their loss, or communicate what they need.
My specialist training workshops provide professionals with practical knowledge, confidence, and tools to better understand and support children, young people, and families navigating bereavement.
Drawing on over 32 years of experience working with children, young people, and families, alongside specialist training in childhood bereavement and systemic family approaches, I deliver engaging, reflective, and practical learning experiences.
Training Topics Include:
Understanding Childhood Grief
Exploring how children and young people experience bereavement differently from adults, including developmental stages, emotional responses, and ways grief may be expressed.
Supporting Children & Young People After Loss
Practical approaches to:
starting conversations about death
creating safe spaces
responding to questions
supporting emotional expression
building resilience
Complex Grief & Secondary Loss
Understanding the wider impact of bereavement, including changes in family roles, relationships, routines, identity, and emotional security.
Trauma-Informed Bereavement Support
Understanding how sudden, traumatic, or significant losses can impact children and families, and how professionals can respond with sensitivity and care.
Recognising Grief Responses
Supporting professionals to identify when behaviour, anxiety, withdrawal, anger, or emotional changes may be linked to grief.
Working Systemically with Families
Exploring how grief impacts the whole family system and how professionals can support relationships, communication, and connection.
Training can be tailored for:
Schools & Education Staff
Social care teams
Charities & community organisations
Early years pracitioners
Health Professionals
Youth Workers
Family Support Workers
Anyone supporting children & young people
Available as
Sessions include
presentation and discussion
practical tools and resources
reflective exercises
case examples
time for questions and professional reflection