ABSTRACT
Family members (or guardians with whom bereaved children reside) influence, if
not outright decide on, the selection of the counselor and expectations the child
has of the counseling process. Most also carry out suggested helping principles to
assist the bereaved child. Essentially, the family has the "ghost of presence" even
when they are not a part of the counseling interaction. Therefore, every counselor
who companions bereaved children is involved in a therapeutic triad of coun-
selor-child-family. It's time to acknowledge the ghost!
