Dr. Korie Leigh is a child development specialist and grief counselor who specializes in working with children and families experiencing grief and loss. As an associate professor and program director, she teaches graduate courses on child development, death, dying, and bereavement. Dr. Leigh obtained her Ph.D. in transpersonal psychology. She wrote her dissertation on the lived experiences of bereaved parents. She also holds an M.A. in public health and grief counseling and a B.A. in child development. She speaks and presents at national and regional conferences on issues of grief, loss, and coping. Dr. Leigh is the author of What Does Grief Feel Like?, It Won't Ever Be the Same: A Teen's Guide to Grief and Grieving, When Everything Changes: Parenting Through Loss and Grief, and a forthcoming picture book about dyscalculia. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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"An essential work that grieving families can hold onto in their darkest hours. Parenting through grief is an almost impossible challenge-balancing one's own sorrow while trying to guide a child or teen whose grief may appear confusing, even defiant-and this book meets that reality with compassion and clarity. With insights grounded in child and youth development and a focus on self-care, Dr. Korie Leigh offers parents and caregivers practical wisdom and profound reassurance. Bravo!" -- Nicole Letourneau, Ph.D., RN, University of Calgary Research Excellence Chair,?Parent and Child Health, and assistant dean and professor, Faculty of Nursing "Dr. Korie Leigh does an exquisite job of taking into consideration that developmental stages are imperative to how children grieve. In When Everything Changes, Leigh maps out how and WHY grief shows up in the body the way that it does-impacting the brain and causing shifts in relationships. This book gently and effectively teaches caregivers how to equip children with the tools to communicate what their grief looks like and offers clear, age-appropriate methods of processing. When Everything Changes is sure to become the go-to guide for understanding the complexities of helping a child understand grief and loss at every stage." -- Meghan Riordan Jarvis, MA, LICSW, grief and trauma expert, author of?Can Anyone Tell Me? Essential Questions About Grief and Loss