Distractors
Have a listening ear and offer advice from your own grieving experience.
Stick with your scope of practice and offer deep tissue work to move the grief energy.
Offer tapotement and encourage the client to tell you their story.
Key
Stick with your scope of practice and remember a gentle touch is key.
Question
In the article “Where Love Lived First: Massage for the Grieving,” author Aimee Joy Taylor says therapists should follow these tips when working with a grieving client: