What I Miss and Remember complete therapy resource page

Grief & Life Transitions · GR-03

What I Miss and Remember

Make room for absence, memory, what you carry, and support, including mixed or private responses.

Clinician-created · specialist review required
Developmental range: Ages 6+ with grief-informed support10-20 minutesGuided worksheetAdult professional use

For clinician-facilitated use

This is a professional resource, not a child-facing online service. A licensed clinician or other qualified adult must determine suitability, explain and adapt the activity, and supervise its use. Do not direct a child to access this webpage independently or enter client information.

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The full-resolution WebP includes print-safe margins and should be downloaded by an adult professional. Read the guidance below before using the page.

How to use it

  1. Choose one area to begin, or simply look at the page.
  2. If you want, draw or write something you miss and something you remember.
  3. Add what you carry forward and what support feels useful now.
  4. Leave any area blank, keep it private, or stop.

Reflection prompts

  • What feels different between missing and remembering for you?
  • What would help you close this activity gently?

Facilitator guidance

Allow affection, anger, relief, confusion, distance, uncertainty, and no response. Do not require balance between sections, positive memories, disclosure, or continuing connection; match language and pacing to development and culture.

Adaptations & accessibility

  • Use objects, collage, symbols, dictation, or separate sessions for each area.
  • Replace relationship-specific language with the participant's wording.
  • Offer a private envelope or no-retention option.

Professional-use review

Enhanced licensed grief-specialist review required before use; assess for traumatic loss, complex relationships, activation, developmental fit, and adequate support after completion.

This clinician-created resource is published for professional evaluation. Before client use, the treating clinician or other qualified adult must determine whether it is appropriate and complete every specialist, accessibility, safeguarding, and local-policy review named above. Publication does not represent individualized clinical approval.