Play Therapy
Today Moo had his second session of Play therapy. His Therapist's name is Mimi and when I told him, "We're going to play with Mimi," it registered, but he *also* heard, "We're going to play with Minnie," and when we were done with Therapy asked when were going to see Minnie Mouse.
Anyway. After the first session I thought it was a bunch of hooey ( Read more... )
She died when he was 4 and he grieved long and hard. Play therapy helped get him past the "Everything is fine and I'm never sad" stage he was in to try to be strong for all us adults who were beside ourselves with grief. It was unexpected and awful for everyone. I tried to be strong for him but he needed an outsider to really process his feeling because he didn't want to hurt me. His therapist said that reaction was very common with children.
Play therapy was so helpful for him. He was able to talk about how he was hurting and missed her. It took him several weeks to get comfortable. He used cars and trains to represent different people and relationships. He had Granny sleeping in another roundhouse as a train as a way to symbolize how she wasn't with us anymore. It was really interesting to watch and we played at home too.
I'm happy to see it's helping Moo. My thoughts are with you and your family every day, even though I don't know you well.
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