How To Support Children and Teenagers Grieving Significant Loss: Includes Advice For Supporting ADHD & Autistic Young People. An Interview with Clinical Psychologist, Dr Marianne Trent.

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Dr Marianne Trent is a Clinical Psychologist, specialising in Grief and Trauma therapy, and the author of The Grief Collective.

During her career, Dr Trent has worked with NHS adults’ and children’s mental health teams, and now supports trainee psychologists, which includes hosting The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast.

Dr Trent has come onto the pod to talk about how grief can affect us all, but in particular how children and teenagers can process it.

She will explain how the loss of somebody significant to a young person can affect them, and how this also presents for those with neurodivergence, such as ADHD and Autism.

The episode offers advice for how we can support our young people through this, including alternative ways to support for those who are neurodivergent.

This episode explores:

-What we mean by grief and the impact that a significant loss can have on young people.

-The common stages of grief that young people can go through, and how this can differ with age and developmental stages.

-Comparing how adults, teenagers and children process and experience grief.

-Dr Trent’s own experience of supporting herself and her children through the death of her father.

-Ways to talk to a child when they ask about their own mortality.

-How people with ADHD and Autism process grief.

-Whether it’s healthy for young people to never want to talk about the person they have lost.

-Advice about ways to support children and teenagers with grief.

-How to adapt your support if the child is neurodivergent.

-Ways to support young people with Complex or Complicated Grief.

-How to recognise the signs that the young person is stuck in their grief and requires professional support.

-The future implications for young people who never allow space to grieve.

*Trigger warning*

Contains conversation about Death, Grief, Childhood loss, ADHD, Autism, Suicide, Self-Harm, Trauma, Hyper and Hypo Arousal and OCD.

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Claire’s blog post offering advice for supporting young people with their grief process

Dr Trent’s social media and website can be found here. https://linktr.ee/drmariannetrent

Dr Trent’s book, The Grief Collective, can be found here* .

Muddles, Puddles and Sunshine Book can be found here.

The book Claire mentioned for older Primary school children- Badger’s Parting Gifts can be found here.

Previous Mind Vox Episodes relevant to this one:

Bereavement During Childhood: Exploring Ways to Support Young People with Grief

Processing Grief as a Neurodivergent, with Grief Specialist, Iman Gatti Part One and Part Two.

*Contains Amazon Aff links.

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