Grief and Bereavement Books
Complicated Grief: Scientific Foundations for Health Care Professionals
How can complicated grief be defined? How does it differ from normal patterns of grief and grieving? Who among the bereaved is particularly at risk? Can clinical intervention reduce complications?... (more)
Suicide Prohibition: The Shame of Medicine
'Another masterpiece. Szasz has produced a strong philosophical, psychiatric, forensic, sociological, and ethical analysis of suicide. I emphasize sociological, as it is a worthy heir to Durkheim’s... (more)
Communicating with Children When a Parent is at the End of Life
When a parent is nearing the end of life, children can feel like their world has been turned upside down, and they are often scared and confused about what is happening. Sensitive and clear... (more)
Helping Bereaved Children: A Handbook for Practitioners: Third Edition
This acclaimed work describes a range of counseling and therapy approaches for children who have experienced loss. Practitioners and students are given practical strategies for helping preschoolers... (more)
Techniques of Grief Therapy: Creative Practices for Counseling the Bereaved
Techniques of Grief Therapy is an indispensable guidebook to the most inventive and inspirational interventions in grief and bereavement counseling and therapy. Individually, each technique... (more)
After the Suicide: Helping the Bereaved to Find a Path from Grief to Recovery
Those left behind in the wake of suicide are often plagued by unanswered questions and feelings of guilt. Helping them to understand why the suicide happened, how suicide survivors commonly react and... (more)
Talking About Death and Bereavement in School: How to Help Children Aged 4 to 11 to Feel Supported and Understood
Children experiencing bereavement are often confused, unprepared, and in need of help and support from those around them. It is important that school teachers and staff know how to respond to... (more)
Working With the Bereaved: Multiple Lenses on Loss and Mourning
Working With the Bereaved: Multiple Lenses on Loss and Mourning summarizes the major themes in bereavement research and clinical work and uses the authors’ own cutting-edge research to show... (more)
When Parents Die: Learning to Live with the Loss of a Parent: Third Edition
The death of a parent marks an emotional and psychological watershed in a person's life. For children and teenagers, the loss of a parent if not handled sensitively can be a lasting trauma, and for... (more)
Bereavement: Studies of Grief in Adult Life: Fourth Edition
The loss of a loved one is one of the most painful experiences that most of us will ever have to face in our lives. This book recognises that there is no single solution to the problems of... (more)
Counselling and Psychotherapy for Families in Times of Illness and Death: Second Edition
Living with serious illness has profound effects not only on patients themselves but also on their families. This fully updated edition by a recognized expert focuses on the individual in context,... (more)
Helping Grieving People - When Tears Are Not Enough: A Handbook for Care Providers: Second Edition
A training manual for care providers who provide support and counseling to those grieving death, illness, and other losses. The author addresses grief as it affects a variety of relationships and... (more)
Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society: Bridging Research and Practice
An authoritative guide to the study of and work with major themes in bereavement. Its chapters synthesize the best of research-based conceptualization and clinical wisdom across 30 of the most... (more)
A Comprehensive Guide to Suicidal Behaviours: Working with Individuals at Risk and Their Families
Over a million people commit suicide every year, making it the tenth leading cause of death worldwide. For this reason and many others besides, an understanding of the act is vital, especially for... (more)
Working with Bereaved Children and Young People
This book offers a fresh insight into working practices with children and young people who are experiencing the death of a family member, friend, school peer or in their social network. Bridging the... (more)
Grief After Suicide: Understanding the Consequences and Caring for the Survivors
There are over 30,000 suicide deaths each year in the United States alone, and the numbers in other countries suggest that suicide as a cause of death will be around for the foreseeable future. A... (more)
Working with Suicidal Individuals: A Guide to Providing Understanding, Assessment and Support
Provides a comprehensive guide to understanding suicide, the assessment of risk, and the treatment and management of suicidal individuals. It begins by covering the theory behind suicidal behaviour,... (more)
The Lone Twin: Understanding Twin Bereavement and Loss
'There is no doubt a greater awareness now of the significance of twin loss than there was ten years ago. I think that this is largely due to a big increase in articles, radio and television... (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)
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)
Helping Bereaved Children: A Handbook for Practitioners: Third Edition
This acclaimed work presents a range of counseling and therapy approaches for children who have experienced loss. Practitioners and students are given practical strategies for helping preschoolers... (more)
Grieving Beyond Gender: Understanding the Ways Men and Women Mourn: Revised Edition
In this work, Doka and Martin elaborate on their conceptual model of "styles or patterns of grieving" - a model that has generated both research and acceptance since the publication of the first... (more)
A Parent's Guide to Raising Grieving Children: Rebuilding Your Family After the Death of a Loved One
When children lose someone they love, they lose part of their very identity. Life, as they knew it, will never be quite the same. The world that once felt dependable and safe may suddenly seem a... (more)
Bereavement, Loss and Learning Disabilities: A Guide for Professionals and Carers
Losing a loved one and coping with the subsequent adjustments that follow are a difficult fact of life, but people with learning disabilities face specific difficulties in processing and managing... (more)
Grief Counselling and Grief Therapy: A Handbook for the Mental Health Practitioner: Fourth Edition
Presents a practical approach to grief counselling. A text to help mental health practitioners treat the problems associated with grief. It has been expanded and updated to include new counselling... (more)
Great Answers to Difficult Questions About Death: What Children Need to Know
Death is never an easy subject for discussion and adults often struggle to find the right words when talking about it with children. This book explores children's thoughts and feelings on the subject... (more)
Bereavement: Studies of Grief in Adult Life: Fourth Edition
The loss of a loved one is one of the most painful experiences that most of us will ever have to face in our lives. This book recognises that there is no single solution to the problems of... (more)
Grief, Loss and and Bereavement: Evidence and Practice for Health and Social Care Practitioners
Bereavement is a challenging area for everyone, including health and social care practitioners who are often well placed to offer help and support to the bereaved. This invaluable text draws together... (more)
Speaking of Dying: A Practical Guide to Using Counselling Skills in Palliative Care
Good counselling skills are often not taught to the professionals who need them most. Compassionate and tactful communication skills can make the difference between an awkward encounter with a dying... (more)
Bereavement Narratives: Continuing Bonds in the 21st Century
Bereavement is often treated as a psychological condition of the individual with both healthy and pathological forms. However, this empirically-grounded study argues that this is not always the best... (more)