Farewell Doby: Grief, Loss & Pawsitive Thoughts to Light the Way (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781775187400)

Explaining the matters of death, grief and loss to a child is a difficult topic in and of itself. When the death of a pet occurs individuals experience the same intense emotions as they would when a special person passes away. As the saying goes, a person may love you with all their heart and when you go away the person may grieve with all their heart. Farewell Doby is a interactive and creative book which offers practical and compassionate advice from a clinician's/counsellors point of view in dealing with death, grief and loss for several years with children, youth and adults. Farewell Doby is a valuable mental health book devoted to help parent's, caregivers, guardians and others support children as they deal with their diverse emotional responses to a pet's death be that a special dog, cat, horse, hamster, or other beloved animal. This special book is filled with creative exercises and emotional tasks designed to help children reflect and heal as they go through their unique grief journey.