bereavement

[traceyvenn76]

Hi we are recently lost a close friend and my daughters best friends mum that was like my daughters second mum. It has hit my daughter hard l was just wondering if anyone has any advice on how l can help her with her temper and emotions as she has started to hit and kick me. I have spoken the my GP and she said to see how counselling go's but she is not getting assessed until a week in Tuesday l need to get some idea's on what l can do to help her thank you

[lorisparkle]

I am so sorry for your loss. I have no personal experience however I have had friends who have found the winstons wish website very useful. Hopefully you will find someone with more personal knowledge to help.

[Digestive28]

How old is your daughter? The general advice about bereavement is that it is best left if possible, we all need to process things in our own way and it is only if we start to struggle with that after some time or it leads to real problems with behaviour that you would intervene. So talking about it and normalising that it is tough may help.
Having said that if you do need support there are some really good charities like winstons wish who have website and phone line and offer plenty of advice