Grief and Bereavement Books
A teacher's handbook of death:
This book provides teachers with methods to facilitate open discussions of death and to find ways of talking with children about what happens when someone dies. (more)
Living Beyond Loss: Death in the Family
Mental health professionals consider the impact of death on entire family systems, the multiple generational legacies of loss, and the differential impact of a death depending on the developmental... (more)
On the Death of a Child: Third Edition
The death of a child - whether during or following birth, through illness, through accident, or through suicide - is one of the greatest challenges families, carers, friends, and the health and... (more)
Living with Grief after Sudden Loss
This volume examines the subject of abrupt, unexpected death and its effects and implications for the survivors left behind. Topics covered include: after heart attack and stroke, survivors of... (more)
I'll Write Your Name on Every Beach: A Mother's Quest for Comfort, Courage and Clarity After Suicide Loss
Written by a mother who lost her 21 year old son to suicide, this book deals with the themes of suicide loss through the lens of the author's personal grief. Addressing the process of post-traumatic... (more)
Bereaved Parents and Their Continuing Bonds: Love After Death
For bereaved parents the development of a continuing bond with the child who has died is a key element in their grieving and in how they manage the future. Using her experience of working in a... (more)
Families Bereaved by Alcohol or Drugs: Research on Experiences, Coping and Support
Individuals bereaved by the drug- or alcohol-related death of a family member represent a sizeable group worldwide. Families Bereaved by Alcohol or Drugs is the long-awaited result of an important... (more)
Children, Adolescents and Death: Questions and Answers
The topic of death and related issues (such as grief) often begin with questions. When the questions come from, or are about, children or adolescents, they bring an additional component... the fear... (more)
Sibling Loss Across the Lifespan: Research, Practice, and Personal Stories
Sibling Loss Across the Lifespan brings together researchers, clinicians, and bereaved siblings to explore sibling loss. Unique in both form and content, the book focuses on loss within five key age... (more)
Flirting with Death: Psychoanalysts Consider Mortality
This volume is a collection of essays by psychoanalysts covering the denial of death amongst psychotherapists and psychoanalysts and its effect on clinical practice, the effect of early childhood... (more)
Living Through Suicide Loss with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD): An Insider Guide for Individuals, Family, Friends and Professional Responders
Losing someone to suicide can open up a world of pain, confusion and grief, and for people with ASDs, the effect can be acute and extremely challenging. Reaching out to fellow Aspies, Lisa Morgan... (more)
If You Sit Very Still
In 1994, 21 years after her disappearance, Lucy Partington's remains were discovered in Fred and Rosemary West's basement at 25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester. In this powerful and lyrical book, Lucy's... (more)
Helping Children and Adolescents Think About Death, Dying and Bereavement
How can children begin to understand death and cope with bereavement? And how can we, as adults, support and engage with children as they encounter this complex subject? Exploring how children and... (more)
The Crafting of Grief: Constructing Aesthetic Responses to Loss
Many books on grief lay out a model to be followed, either for bereaved persons to live through or for professionals to practice, and usually follow some familiar prescriptions for what people should... (more)
The Price of Love: The Selected Works of Colin Murray Parkes
In the course of a long career Colin Murray Parkes, one of the most important and influential psychiatrists working in the field of bereavement and loss, has produced a body of work which can be... (more)
Bereavement: Personal Experiences and Clinical Reflections
This is a book about death, loss, grief and mourning, but with an unusual twist. It is different in that it explores specific kinds of deaths encountered within families and households, rather than... (more)
Responding to Loss and Bereavement in Schools: A Training Resource to Assess, Evaluate and Improve the School Response
This practical resource provides everything you need to enable your school to provide the best possible support for pupils and staff who have suffered a loss or bereavement. The book includes a... (more)
New Models of Bereavement Theory and Treatment: New Mourning
New Models of Bereavement Theory and Treatment: New Mourning is a major contribution to our culture's changing view of bereavement and mourning, identifying flaws in old models and offering a new,... (more)
Counseling Adolescents Through Loss, Grief, and Trauma
Loss, grief, and trauma come into the lives of adolescents in many forms and with more frequency than the adults in their lives may realize. Assessing the depth and nature of their emotions can be... (more)
Bereavement Groups and the Role of Social Support: Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice
All too frequently, clinical practice consists of repeating year-after-year the methods learned in graduate training, occasionally seasoned by a technique learned in a continuing education workshop.... (more)
When Professionals Weep: Emotional and Countertransference Responses in Palliative and End-of-Life Care: Second Edition
When Professionals Weep speaks to the humbling and often transformational moments that clinicians experience in their careers as caregivers and healers - moments when it is often hard to separate the... (more)
Daughters, Dads, and the Path Through Grief: Tales from Italian America
Losing a father can be absolutely wrenching. This insightful guide tells the story of the strong connections between daughters and dads throughout life, and the consequent grief and loss a daughter... (more)
Attachment-Informed Grief Therapy: The Clinician's Guide to Foundations and Applications
Attachment-Informed Grief Therapy bridges the fields of attachment studies and thanatology, uniting theory, research, and practice to enrich our understanding of how and why people grieve and how we... (more)
Understanding Loss: A Guide for Caring for Those Facing Adversity
Loss and consequent grief permeates nearly every life changing event, from death to health concerns to dislocation to relationship breakdown to betrayal to natural disaster to faith issues. Yet,... (more)
Grief and its Transcendence: Memory, Identity, Creativity
Grief and its Transcendence: Memory, Identity, Creativity is a landmark contribution that provides fresh insights into the experience and process of mourning. It includes fourteen original essays by... (more)
Techniques of Grief Therapy: Assessment and Intervention
Techniques of Grief Therapy: Assessment and Intervention continues where the acclaimed Techniques of Grief Therapy: Creative Practices for Counseling the Bereaved left off, offering a whole new set... (more)
Parenting After the Death of a Child: A Practitioner's Guide
The death of a child has a tremendous and overwhelming impact on parents and siblings, completely altering the psychological landscape of the family. In the aftermath of such a tragedy, parents face... (more)
The Shame of Death, Grief, and Trauma
Shame is a common and pervasive feature of the human response to death and other losses, yet this often goes unrecognized due to a reluctance to acknowledge and confront it. This book intends to... (more)
Understanding Grief: An Introduction
Understanding Grief is a comprehensive and accessible 'one stop' introduction to all the major models of grief. In addition to the individual perspective, bereavement is discussed in relation to... (more)