Counseling Activities For Children Of Divorce. Encourage your child to write a letter to one or both parents expressing their feelings about the divorce. This intervention has some distinct advantages especially when used with younger children or children struggling to accurately understand and verbalize their own emotional state.
Drawing pictures anger sadness worry relief confusion guilt embarrassment loneliness nervousness these are all common emotions that children experience when their parents divorce. This intervention has some distinct advantages especially when used with younger children or children struggling to accurately understand and verbalize their own emotional state. Be reliable and consistent about arrangements involving children.
Encourage them to talk.
Have discussions with your children about their emotions. Art therapy can also help children who struggle with low self esteem anxiety depression and learning disabilities and has been shown to help children with behavioral issues and developmental delays like autism and adhd. Emphasize that the divorce is not their fault. Everyone in the family feels a tremendous sense of loss and anxiety the family as they know it will no longer be the same.
