By Julie Stokes (author)
"An excellent guidebook to help young people through the grief of bereavement"
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Find Strength, Stay Hopeful and Get to Grips With Grief
Julia Stokes has been supporting children and young people experiencing the grief of bereavement for many years and uses all that she’s has learned in this wise, accessible and practical book. She’s honest about how difficult it is to get to grips with grief but reassuringly clear too that her readers will be okay one day, encouraging them to look forward.
Her book provides advice on how to develop ‘grief muscles’ to make coping easier, and she includes exercises that will provide real support, alongsid real-life examples that will make readers understand they’re not alone. Her style is gentle yet firm and focussed, the tone that of a caring friend who knows exactly what to say and do. A book that should prove invaluable to young people who have lost someone they loved.
The death of a parent, sibling or friend is one of the most traumatic experiences for a child and it can be hard to know how to talk to them about it. In this honest, comforting and strength-building guide, children will be able to look toward the future with hope.
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Written by clinical psychologist, executive coach and founder of childhood bereavement charity Winston's Wish, Julie Stokes OBE, You Will Be Okay is a toolbox for children navigating grief.
Julie shares case studies of children's stories of loss. She offers comforting and practical advice for coping, remembering and taking time for you. Strong emotions come and go. Intense sadness can flip into anger or happiness - all while trying to be 'normal' - so it's no surprise that navigating these emotions can be tricky.
But she shows young readers that there is no right or wrong way to grieve, you just have to find your way. You Will Be Okay teaches children that there are many things they can do to build strength and resilience in order move forward with life.
The book I wish someone had read with me when I was young - Kristin Scott Thomas
Julie Stokes, founder of Winston's Wish was born in 1961 and educated at St. Michael's Convent Grammar School in London. Julie received a 1st class honours degree in Psychology and in 1987 went on to receive a Masters in Clinical Psychology. Julie started her career with the NHS in 1984 and was instrumental in establishing one of the first hospital-based teams focusing on palliative care. Her desire to involve children before and after a parent's death and to support parents led her to apply to the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. In 1992 she was awarded a Fellowship and travelled to America and Canada to better understand the services provided in these countries for bereaved children. Inspired by what she had experienced, Julie founded Winston's Wish in September of that year. After just 3 years the grief support programme was well established and Julie won the BT/Childline award 'for providing outstanding services to children' Julie continues to lecture both nationally and internationally, is an established author and has contributed to 11 documentaries including the ground breaking Mummy Diaries series in 2007. In December 2006, Julie received an OBE for services to children and families. She is the former Vice Chair of The Childhood Bereavement Network. She now works as an Executive Coach.
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This book makes you feel warmer, and less alone, when you hear about how other people have felt the same things as you.
When my grandfather died, I felt confused, upset and as if no-one else had ever had the same feelings as me. But then I read ‘You will be okay’, and I saw how many people had dealt with worse loss, and how many people had come face-to-face with loss on a similar scale to me. The author really explains how to make and then use a ‘grief mindset’. I love the way she describes your ‘land of loss’ as sad and mossy, and then your own unique ‘land of rebuilding’. And how you can swing between the lands to get used to them, grow alongside them and rebuild the hole in your life.... Read Full Review
This book helps you to deal with grief. It has lots of stories about children who have lost someone important in their lives and gives you strategies to work through how you are feeling.
This book tells you how to deal with grief. It has suggestions such as making a Memory Box where you can put in photos, mementos of the person who died and a notebook that you fill in with information about them. You can also create a digital part to the box with photos and videos which remind you of them.
In the book there are stories about children who have experienced grief. I liked these accounts because if you are grieving and you read these stories, you would feel comforted knowing that others have felt how you feel. My favourite story is about Liam. His PE teacher saw he was not doing well in school and realised something was wrong. When Liam said he was fine, what he meant was he felt fed up, isolated, nervous, and exhausted.... Read Full Review
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed You Will Be Okay and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-10 years old
You Will Be Okay features in the following genres: PSHE: Bereavement and Grief, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Children’s, Teenage and Educational, PSHE: Divorce, PSHE: Family Issues, Featured Books for 9+ readers, Recommendations
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You Will Be Okay was written by Julie Stokes and published by Wren & Rook an imprint of Hachette Children's Group
You Will Be Okay has 212 pages
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