Child Life and Bereavement Services
Walking alongside families through illness, grief, and loss-- creating pathways for healing and connection.
Pivotal Pathways
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Child Life Services
Child life services focus on providing support and guidance for children undergoing medical illnesses, chronic illnesses, and palliative care. Helping children and teens understand medical diagnoses, hospital visits, or treatments in a way that feels less overwhelming and more manageable. These services are tailored to help children and families navigate through challenging times.
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Grief Support
Grief looks different for everyone. Whether you are child, teen, or adult, I provide caring guidance as you navigate the changes that come with loss. Together, we explore emotions, build coping tools, and create meaningful ways to honor your loved one while finding strength for days ahead.
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Online Booking
Easily schedule a session that meets your needs-whether virtual or in-home. Choose from child life services, grief support, school support, or adult/caregiver support with a free phone consultation available to help you get started.
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Testimonials
Hearing from families and individuals who have received support can bring comfort and reassurance to others beginning their journey. These words, shared with permission, reflect the care, guidance, and connection experienced through Pivotal Pathways' grief support and child life services.
Welcome
My name is Maureen McOwen
I am a Certified Child Life and Grief Educator with over two decades of experience in child life, pediatric & perinatal palliative care, hospice, and bereavement services. Through my practice, Pivotal Pathways, I partner with families and community providers to ensure that children and teens are supported with developmentally appropriate language, coping strategies, and opportunities for connection. I also provide guided support to adults as they navigate illness, anticipatory grief, and loss, offering space for reflection, coping, and healing.
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Something you may not know about me: I believe that healing often begins in small moments of connection.
Guiding Purpose
Pivotal Pathways provides child life and bereavement support to children, teens, adults, and families facing illness, loss, and life's most difficult transitions. Through education, preparation, emotional support, and meaningful connection, I help families navigate uncertainty with warmth, strength, and hope.
Do any of these experiences resonate with your family's story?
Reach out today to help your child(ren) process, understand, and cope with these major life events.
