Grief Counseling for Children

Grief Counseling services for Orlando, FL | The Counseling Corner, since 1998

Grief Counseling

🧸 Grief Therapy for Children in Orlando, FL

Compassionate Support for Children Facing Loss

Child-Focused Support for Healing After Loss

When a child loses someone important—whether a parent, grandparent, sibling, pet, or friend—their world can feel confusing, overwhelming, and unsteady. At The Counseling Corner, we offer specialized grief therapy for children in Orlando, helping young hearts process loss in age-appropriate, emotionally safe ways.

Grief is not just sadness—it’s the deep, aching response to losing someone or something profoundly important. Whether your child is mourning the death of a loved one, their parent’s marriage after a divorce, the loss of a pet, the loss experienced after a move, a significant life change, or another painful loss, you and your child don't have to walk this path alone.

Since 1998, our full-time, licensed child therapists have supported children and families throughout Central Florida with gentle, play-based, and evidence-informed care. Whether your child’s grief is recent or long ago, we’re here to walk beside them—and you.

💔 Understanding Grief in Children

Grief in children often looks different than it does in adults. Instead of constant sadness, kids may experience:

  • Behavioral changes (acting out, regressing, withdrawing)

  • Sleep disturbances or nightmares

  • Difficulty concentrating or declining grades

  • Physical complaints (stomachaches, headaches)

  • Increased fears or separation anxiety

  • Repetitive questions or confusion about death

Children may not always talk about their feelings—but they’ll often show them. Our child grief counselors are trained to meet kids right where they are, offering space to explore and express what feels too big for words.

🎨 How Grief Therapy Helps Children

Grief therapy creates a safe, nurturing space where children can:

  • Understand what grief is and that their feelings are normal

  • Express emotions through play, art, stories, and movement

  • Reduce feelings of guilt, fear, or isolation

  • Strengthen their sense of safety and connection

  • Learn coping strategies to manage big feelings

  • Honor the person or pet they’ve lost in meaningful, personal ways

Every session is guided by a licensed therapist experienced in child development and trauma-informed care. We go at your child’s pace—never rushing the process, always respecting their readiness.

🧠 Evidence-Based Grief Therapy for Children

At The Counseling Corner, we use research-backed, child-friendly therapies such as:

  • Play Therapy – Uses toys, games, and roleplay to process grief through symbolic expression

  • Narrative Therapy – Helps children make sense of their loss by shaping and telling their personal story

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy CBT for Kids and Trauma-Focused CBT for Kids – Teaches healthy thinking skills and coping tools

  • Creative Arts Therapy – Incorporates drawing, music, or movement to support emotional release

  • Parent-Child Sessions – Builds trust, connection, and healing between caregivers and grieving children

📘 What Parents Need to Know

1. Your child’s grief may look very different than yours.
They may play one moment and cry the next—or seem unaffected until months later. This is all developmentally normal.

2. Kids need permission to grieve in their own way.
Telling them to “be strong” or “not cry” can make them feel like their feelings are wrong. In therapy, we validate every emotion.

3. Therapy helps prevent long-term struggles.
Unresolved grief in childhood can lead to anxiety, depression, or behavior problems later in life. Early support helps build lifelong resilience.

4. You don’t have to have all the answers.
We help guide you, too—with coaching, family sessions, and tools to support your child at home.

Why Choose The Counseling Corner for Grief Counseling?

  • 🧠 Licensed, full-time therapists with decades of experience

  • 💬 Customized therapy for children, teens, adults, and families

  • 📚 Research-based methods for lasting emotional recovery

  • 🏡 Safe, family-friendly environment across multiple Central Florida locations

  • 🌎 In-person and telehealth sessions available to meet your needs

Whether your child’s loss is recent or long ago, our team is here to walk with you and your child—through the tears, the questions, the “firsts,” and the healing process.

📍 Serving Families Across Central Florida

We offer child grief therapy at our historic downtown Orlando office, along with locations in Clermont and Orange City/Deland.

💬 Start Your Child’s Healing Journey Today

Grief doesn’t go away—but with support, it can be carried more gently.
Let us help your child move through loss with courage, compassion, and care.

📞 Call us today at 407-843-4968 to schedule your child’s grief therapy appointment.
🌐 In-person and telehealth options available.

👩‍⚕️ Grief Therapists Who Work with Children:

  • Dr. Ernest W. Reilly, LCSW

  • Dr. Judi Allen, LCSW

  • Amanda Riendeau, LCSW, LISW, LICSW-S

  • Michelle Buchanan, LMHC, LMFT (Clermont Office)

  • Andreina Bello, LMHC (English and Spanish)

  • Michael Bombka, LMHC (Orange City/Deland/Sanford/Debary & Orlando Offices)