Grief and Bereavement Books
Helping Teens Work Through Grief
The second edition of Helping Teens Work Through Grief provides a more complete and updated manual for facilitators of teen grief groups. It includes additional background information about... (more)
The International Handbook of Suicide and Attempted Suicide:
Research into suicide has expanded substantially in the last decade and has provided new insights in, for example, epidemiological, psychopathological and biological characteristics of suicidal... (more)
Love and Loss: The Roots of Grief and Its Complications
Loving and grieving are two sides ofthe same coin: we cannot have one without risking the other. Only by understanding the nature and pattern of loving can we begin to understand the problems of... (more)
The Ethics of Palliative Care: European Perspectives
This innovative book, with contributions by clinicians, ethicists, philosphers and social scientists, provides the first ever picture of palliative care ethics in the European context. It will be of... (more)
Family Focused Grief Therapy
This book has been designed rather like a therapy manual, providing a step-by-step approach to assessment and intervention. Its rich illustration through many clinical examples brings the process of... (more)
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)
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)
Children Also Grieve: Talking About Death and Healing
"Children Also Grieve" is an imaginative resource, fully illustrated with color photographs, that offers support and reassurance to children coming to terms with the loss of a close friend or... (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)
Complicated Grief, Attachment and Art Therapy: Theory, Treatment and 14 Ready-to-Use Protocols
This wide-ranging book on art therapy and grief provides everything an art therapist needs to feel confident in creating an effective treatment plan. It features fourteen clear-cut protocols,... (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)
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)
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)