Why does facilitated play work?
Just as a child enjoys having the same story read several times, so the child replays various grief themes. With the help of the adult facilitators the child learns to: 1. Acknowledge the reality of death 2. Experience the emotions, thoughts and behaviors associated with grief. 3. Adjust to living in a world in which the person who has died is absent. 4. Withdraw emotional energy from the person who died and reinvest it in other relationships. 5. Establish a relationship with the memory of the person who died.
