Walking With Kids Through Traumatic Loss
Jul 09, 2025•45 min
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Episode description
How can parents and caregivers best support children who are walking through a traumatic loss?
In this episode, Dr. Jim Henry and Samantha Farris help us understand the importance of holding space for our children’s emotions, how adults can acknowledge their own feelings while helping kids process theirs, sharing information with kids based on their development, how trauma affects behavior, and helpful resources for learning more.
Resources mentioned in this Episode:
National Childhood Traumatic Stress Network
Once I Was Very Scared (Book)
A Terrible Thing Happened (Book)
The Wild Edge of Sorrow (Book)
Sounds True Podcast (Frances Weller)
Trauma and The Brain TBRI Podcast Episode
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