MIA ROLDEN, LCSW, LCDC, is a licensed clinical social worker and author. She has spent her entire professional career assisting adolescents, families, and adults in learning to process their grief and work through their emotions after loss. Find out more at miaroldanaustintherapy.com
Mia's journal offers a gentle invitation to children who are grieving to engage and explore their feelings and experiences. Divided into three simple yet thoughtful sections, the journal offers children a chance to identify and express their feelings, learn coping tools and find peace and hope within their life and grief experience. Especially helpful about this journal is the freedom a child has to select whatever page or activity they feel drawn to that particular day. --Maggie Cochran, LCSW, Hospice Austin bereavement supervisor This incredible journal from Mia Roldan provides cross-cultural and age-appropriate activities that validate the natural feelings of grief and loss children experience. School-age children can use these gentle prompts to identify and reflect on their loss, to acknowledge and normalize their feelings associated with grieving, and to create a toolbox of activities that can be accomplished alone or with others to integrate loss into their young lives. Ms. Roldan lets children know that inner peace is truly possible! --Dede Sparks, LMSW, assistant dean for health affairs, The University of Texas Steve Hicks School of Social Work Hospice & palliative care social worker