If presented with a client who has death anxiety, we ask them to tell us what exactly they fear about death. Once we have this information, there are several approaches to treating fear of death.
It’s important to have age-appropriate dialogue with children about death.
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Children’s perceptions of death vary with developmental stages. Understanding these is key to helping them normalise their thoughts and feelings when someone they know dies.
Just thinking about death triggers odd behaviour, shows research.
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