Grief and Bereavement Books
Talking with Children and Young People About Death and Dying: A Resource Book
Talking with Children and Young People about Death and Dying is a popular resource designed to help adults talk to bereaved children and young people. Mary Turner explains the various aspects and... (more)
Loss, Trauma and Resilience: Therapeutic Work with Ambiguous Loss
Whether it is a parent in the grip of Alzheimer's or a spouse missing in a disastrous event, we are all touched by ambiguous loss. Here Pauline Boss, the principal theorist of the concept of... (more)
Loss and Bereavement in Childbearing: Second Edition
Bereavement is a difficult issue for midwives to manage and families suffer when the care they receive is inadequate or inappropriate. Written by an experienced midwife and researcher, this work... (more)
It's OK to Be Sad - Activities to Help Children Aged 4-9 to Manage Loss, Grief or Bereavement
When a child faces a problem with health or disability we are quick to offer support or change our expectations. Sadness, distress, anxiety, whether transient or long-term, can have significant... (more)
Death... And How to Survive it: A Unique, Practical and Uplifting Guide to Coming to Terms with the Loss of Your Partner
'He passed away', 'She's gone', 'He died'...As anyone who has ever lost a loved one will know, the wording doesn't affect the meaning. Nothing can shield you or prepare you for the brutal reality and... (more)
Someone Very Important Has Just Died: Immediate Help for People Caring for Children of All Ages at the Time of a Close Bereavement
A resource for professionals in all areas of work relating to bereavement. It is designed to be given to adults with children in their care at the time of a death. (more)
Katie's Diary: Unlocking the Mystery of a Suicide
It is not easy to understand why people kill themselves. This book examines this subject. (more)
Good Grief: Vol.2: Exploring Feelings, Loss and Death with Over Elevens and Adults
Catering for a variety of religious and cultural backgrounds with a practical and creative approach, this guide offers a source of information as to dealing with loss and grief within the structure... (more)
Voices of Bereavement: Casebook for Grief Counsellors
Built on the premise that individuals and family members can be helped through their bereavement experience and that there are specific skills and interventions that guide a counsellor in this work,... (more)
Gift of Tears
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Grappling with Grief: A Guide for the Bereaved
This book looks at different ways of going through a loss of any kind. The author draws examples from her experience as a psychotherapist and counsellor and offers the readers the chance to learn... (more)
What Forever Means After a Death of a Child: Transformed by the Death of a Child
Writing from the perspective of bereaved parent and psychotherapist, the author describes the trauma and multiple secondary losses experienced by bereaved parents. This book builds on empirical and... (more)
Counselling in Terminal Care and Bereavement
The book covers both caring for the terminally ill and the "actual" bereavement, thus providing guidance on the whole process of counselling patients and their families. Case studies include examples... (more)
Understanding Children's Experiences of Parental Bereavement
As well as offering valuable insight into the impact of death on children, the author provides practical guidelines for how teachers and parents can better support children through the first stages... (more)
Bibliotherapy for Bereaved Children
Bibliotherapy with Bereaved Children provides a comprehensive list of children's fiction to help with the process of grief and healing, and is an essential resource for all those living and working... (more)
Finding a Way Through when Someone Close has Died
The supportive and interactive style of this book will make it a valuable source of help and encouragement for bereaved children and teenagers. It will also be useful to adults seeking to understand... (more)
The near-death experience: a reader:
This work is a comprehensive collection of near-death experience (NDE) cases and interpretations. Contributions to the collection are made by writers from a variety of disciplines, including... (more)
Grief support group curriculum: Adolescence edition: Teens Together
The Grief Support Group Curriculum provides a basis for assisting children and teenagers as they learn about mourning through facing death of a close friend. The aim of this curriculum is to... (more)
Grief Support Group Curriculum: Middle Childhood Edition: Grades 3-6
Intended for use with late elementary-school-aged and middle-school-aged children who have experienced the death of someone special, this work is for professionals who work in schools, hospitals,... (more)
Grief Support Group Curriculum: Early Childhood Edition: Grades K-2
Intended for use with elementary-school-aged children who have experienced the death of someone special, this work is for professionals who work in schools, hospitals, hospices, mental health... (more)
Grief Support Group Curriculum: Pre-school Edition: Denny the Duck stories
The grief support group curriculum provides a basis for assisting children and teenagers as they learn about mourning through facing the death of a close friend. The aim of this curriculum is to... (more)
Grief Support Group Curriculum: Facilitator's Handbook
The Grief Support Group Curriculum provides a basis for assisting children and teenagers as they learn about mourning through facing death of a close friend. The aim of this curriculum is to... (more)
Living with Grief: Who We are, How We Grieve
Many factors influence how individuals experience and adapt to loss. Among these are the nature of the loss, the relationship and attachment to the loss, the circumstances surrounding the loss,... (more)