Navigating Your Child's Loss, Grief & Fear
Free Webinar
Presented by Dakota Becker, LPC, RPT™, NCC, IPT-CST
This one-hour presentation addresses how children and adolescents at different ages respond to grief and death, offering guidance on communicating openly with children, using simple, clear language and supportive strategies to allow for a sense of safety and understanding.
Practical tools include tips for validating emotions, answering difficult questions, and engaging in memory-based activities, as well as highlighting emotional, cognitive, and behavioral patterns to keep an eye out for, including magical thinking, regression, and withdrawal.
Attendees will also receive suggestions for children’s books and rituals that can support the grieving process in a compassionate, developmentally appropriate way.
Contents
What's inside this webinar:
Learn how to support your grieving children and adolescents when experiencing your own grief
Becoming aware of how grief may present itself at different developmental stages
Tips to support your child in navigating consistent and continued grief
Presented by
Dakota Becker, LPC, RPT™, NCC, IPT-CST
With audio and content support from Rachel Esparza, LPC, and Annabelle Gruner, MA, LPC Associate, currently under the clinical supervision of Jaclyn N. Sepp, MA, LPC-S, RPT-S™, NCC, RYT® 200.
Dakota Becker is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Registered Play Therapist™ (RPT™), National Certified Counselor (NCC), and Institute of Play Therapy Certified Sandtray Therapist (IPT-CST). She received her Master’s Degree in Counseling from the University of North Texas through their nationally recognized play therapy program and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development.
With years of experience working with children of diverse abilities and backgrounds, Dakota brings a deep understanding of supporting individuals through developmental, emotional, relational, and behavioral challenges. Prior to becoming a therapist, she worked in early childhood education as a teacher in an inclusive classroom, creating spaces where children of all abilities could thrive. Her clinical work has further strengthened her commitment to ensuring children and families feel seen, valued, and supported. Dakota specializes in working with children experiencing developmental disorders, grief and loss, family and life transitions, and emotional or behavioral concerns.
Originally from the Dallas area, Dakota moved to Austin with her family in 2019. As a parent of a toddler, she enjoys exploring all that Austin has to offer while balancing the joys and challenges of parenthood.
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