Adult Grief

Attig, T. How We Grieve: Relearning the World
Bozarth, A.R. Life is Goodbye. Life is Hello: Grieving Well Through all Losses
Bouvard, M. & Gladu, E. The Path through Grief: A Practical Guide
Caplan, S. & Lang, G. Grief's Courageous Journey: A Workbook
Colgrove, M. et al. How to Survive the Loss of a Love
Doka, K.(Ed). Living with Grief after Sudden Loss
Grollman, E.(2nd Ed.) Living When a Loved One Has Died
Grollman, E. A. Concerning Death
James, J.W. & Cherry, F. The Grief Recovery Handbook: A Step by Step Program for Moving Beyond Loss
Kubler-Ross, E. On Death and Dying
Lord, J.H. No Time for Goodbyes (Sudden Loss)
Manning, D. Don't Take My Grief Away From Me
Neimeyer, R. A. Lessons of Loss: A Guide to Coping
Powell, J. Happiness is an Inside Job
Rando, T. How To Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies
Rich, P. The Healing Journey through Grief: Your Journal for Reflection and Recovery
Roth, D. Stepping Stones to Grief Recovery
Sanders, C.M. Surviving Grief and Learning to Live Again
Schoeneck, T. Hope for the Bereaved
Siegel, B.S. Peace, Love & Healing
Staudacher, C. A Time to Grieve: Meditations for Healing after the Death of a Loved One
Tatelbaum, J. The Courage to Grieve
Tatelbaum, J. You Don't Have to Suffer
Westberg, G.E. Good Grief
Wolfelt, A. Understanding Grief: Helping Yourself Heal
Viorst, J. Necessary Losses

Death of a Spouse:
Cain, L. Widow
Elmer, L. Why Her Why Now: A Man's Journey through Love and Death and Grief
Feinberg, L. I'm Grieving As Fast As I Can: How Young Widows and Widowers Can Cope and Heal
Heinlein, S. (Ed.) When A Life Mate Dies: Stories of Love, Loss and Healing Lewis, C.S. A Grief Observed
Lieberman, M. Doors Open, Doors Close: Widows, Grieving, and Growing
Loewinsohn, R. Survival Handbook for Widows

Death of a Child:
Arnold, J.H. A Child Dies: A Portrait of Family Grief
Bernstein, J. When the Bough Breaks: Forever after the Death of a Son or Daughter
Bordow, J. The Ultimate Loss: Coping with the Death of a Child
Doka, Kenneth (Ed.). Children Mourning, Mourning Children
Donnelly, K.F. Recovering From the Loss of a Child
Finkbeiner, A.K. After The Death of a Child: Living With Loss through the Years Knapp, R. Beyond Endurance: When a Child Dies
Munday, J. Surviving the Death of a Child
Rando, T. Parental Loss of a Child
Rosof, B. The Worst Loss: How Families Heal From the Death of a Child
Schiff, H. The Bereaved Parent
Smith, H.I. Grieving the Death of a Friend
Wolterstorff, N. Lament for a Son

Death of a Parent:
Brooks, J. Midlife Orphan: Facing Life's Changes now that your Parents are Gone
Angel, M. The Orphaned Adult: Confronting the Death of a Parent
Donnelly, K. Recovering From the Loss of a Parent
Marhall. F. Losing a Parent: A Personal Guide
Meyers, E. When Parents Die

Men and Grief:
Ames, E. A Look in the Mirror: A Handbook for Widowers
Campbell, S. & Silverman, P. Widower
Golden, T. Swallowed by a Snake: The Gift of the Masculine Side of Healing
Grollman, E. What Helped Me When My Loved One Died
Miller, J. When a Man Faces Grief: When a Man you Know is Grieving
Staudacher, C. Men and Grief: A Guide for Men Surviving the Death of a Loved One

Helping Someone who is Grieving:
Kuenning, D. Helping People through Grief: When a Friend Needs You
Murphy, C. Comforting Those Who Grieve
Osmont, K. What Can I Say?: How To Help Someone Who is Grieving: A Guide

Practical Issues Related to a Loss:
Plotnick, C. K., et.al. How to Settle An Estate: A Manual for Executors and Trustees
Shaw, E. What to Do When A Loved One Dies: A Practical And Compassionate Guide To Dealing with Death on Life's Terms

Funeral and Memorials Planning:
Baker, R. Planning Memorial Celebrations: A Sourcebook
Metrick, S. Crossing The Bridge: Creating Ceremonies for Grieving
Wolfelt, A. Creating Meaningful Funeral Ceremonies

Holiday Grief:
Miller, J. Helping the Bereaved Celebrate the Holidays

Grieving Children (for adult caregivers)
Donnelly, K.F. Recovering from the Loss of a Sibling
Dyregrov, A. Grief in Children
Fitzgerald, H The Grieving Child
Grollman, E. Talking About Death: A Dialogue between Parent and Child Jackson, Edgar. Telling Children about Death
Johnson, J. & Johnson, M. Tell Me, Pap: A Family Book for Children's Questions About Death and Funerals
Johnson, J. Keys to Helping Children Deal with Death and Grief
Juneav, B. Sad But OK: My Daddy Died Today: A Child's View of Death
Kubler-Ross, E. On Children and Death
Rosen, H. Unspoken Grief: Coping With Childhood Sibling Loss
Schaefer, D. & Lyons, C. How Do We Tell The Children?
Scherago, M.G. Sibling Grief: How Parents can Help the Child Whose Brother or Sister has Died
Silverman, P. Never Too Young To Know
Webb, N.B. Helping Bereaved Children: A Handbook for Practitioners
Wolfelt, A. A Child's View of Grief
Wolfelt, A. Helping Children Cope with Grief
Wolfelt, A. Healing the Bereaved Child
Worden, J. W. Children and Grief: When a Parent Dies

Grieving Teens (for adult caregivers)
Bernstein, J.E. Loss and How to Cope With It
Grollman, E. Straight Talk about Death for Teenagers
Heegaard, M.E. Coping With Death and Grief
Scrivani, M. When Death Walks In
Morgan, J.D. The Dying and the Bereaved Teenager
Romond, J.L. Children Facing Grief: Letters from Bereaved Brothers and Sisters Tyson, J.M. The Common Threads of Teenage Grief

Children's Grief (for children)
Bennett Blackburn, L. I Know I Made It Happen
Buscaglia, L. The Fall of Freddie The Leaf
Campbell, J.A. The Secret Places
Clifton, L. Everett Anderson's Goodbye
Coburn, J.B. Annie and the Sand Dobbies: A Story about Death for Children and Their Parents
Jordan, M.K. Losing Uncle Tim
Mundy, M. Sad Isn't Bad
Rofes, E. The Kids' Book about Death and Dying: By and for Kids
Salgzman, D. The Jester Has Lost His Jingle
Skeie, E. Summerland, a Story about Death and Hope
Silverman, J. Help Me Say Goodbye
Smith, D.B. A Taste of Blackberries
Temes, R. The Empty Place
Vogel, R. H. The Snowman
Wolfelt, A. Healing your Grieving Heart for Kids

(Age 2-6)
Dodge, N.C. Thumpy's Story: A Story of Love and Grief Shared by Thumpy, the Bunny
Lanton, S. Daddy's Chair
Scrivani, M. I Heard Your Mommy Died
Scrivani, M. I Heard Your Daddy Died
Stickney, D. Water Bugs and Dragonflies
Viorst, J. The Tenth Good Thing about Barney

(Age 6-10)
Coerr, E. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Hemery, K. The Brightest Star
Powell, Sandy Geranium Morning
Tiffault, B.W. A Quilt For Elizabeth

(Age 10-16)
Blume, J. Tiger Eyes
Buckingham, R & Huggard, S. Coping with Grief
Farley, C. The Garden is Doing Fine
Gravelle, K. & Haskins, C. Teenagers Face to Face with Bereavement
Grollman, S. Shira: A Legacy of Courage
Jampolsky, G.G. & Murray, G. There is a Rainbow Behind Every Dark Cloud
Krementz, J. How It Feels When a Parent Dies
LeShan, E. Learning to Say Good-bye: When a Parent Dies
Mann, P. There Are Two Kinds of Terrible
Patterson, K. Bridge to Terabithia

Death of a Grandparent:
Bartoli, J. Nonna
Coleman, P. Where the Balloons Go
Czech, J. The Garden Angel
DePaola, T. Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs
Dickerson, J. Grandpa's Berries
Donnelly, E. Goodbye Grandpa
Evarts, D. The Butterfly Bush
Fassler, J. My Grandad Died Today
Hazen, B.S. Why Did Grandpa Die? A Book about Death
Marshall, B. Animal Crackers
Thomas, J.R. Saying Good-Bye to Grandma

Death of a Sibling or a Friend:
Clardy, A.F. Dusty Was My Friend: Coming to Terms with Loss
Cohn, J. I Had a Friend Named Peter: Talking to Children About the Death of a Friend
Gootman, M.E. When a Friend Dies (for a teenager)
Hickman, M. Last Week My Brother Anthony Died
Lowry, L. A Summer to Die (for a teenager)
Temes, R. The Empty Place
Weir, A.B. Am I Still a Big Sister?
Richter, E. Losing Someone You Love: When a Brother or Sister Dies (for a teenager)

Professional Reading List:
Agee, J. Death in the Family
Cook, A.S. & Dworkin, D.S. Helping the Bereaved: Therapeutic Interventions For Children, Adolescents and Adults
Doka, K.(Ed.) Disenfranchised Grief: New Directions, Challenges and Strategies for Practice
Goldman, L. (2nd Ed.) Life & Loss
Hedtke, L., and Winslade, J. Re-Membering Lives
Hollingsworth, C. The Family in Mourning
Jacobs, S. Traumatic Grief: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention
Jensen, A.H. Healing Grief
Klass, D; Silverman, P.R.; Nickman, S.L. Continuing Bonds: New Understandings of Grief
Logan, K. How to Design and Facilitate Grief Support Groups
Neimeyer, R.A. Meaning Reconstruction and the Experience of Loss
Rando, T.A. Treatment of Complicated Mourning
Rosen, E. Families Facing Death: Family Dynamics of Terminal Illness
Saunders, C.M. Grief: The Mourning After
Shapiro, E.R. Grief as a Family Process: A Development Approach to Clinical Practice
Sprang, G. & McNeil, J. The Many Faces of Bereavement: The Nature and Treatment of Natural, Traumatic, and Stigmatized Grief
Stroebe, M.S.; Hansson, R.O.; Stroebe, W.; & Schut, H. Handbook of Bereavement Research
Walsh, F. & McGoldrick, M. Living Beyond Loss: Death in the Family
Wass, H. & Neimeyer, R. Dying: Facing the Facts
Wolfelt, A. How to Start and Lead a Bereavement Support Group
Worden, J. W. Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy

Grief Periodicals:
Journeys, Hospice Foundation of America monthly newsletter
Thanatos magazine
Bereavement Magazine
Grief Digest, Centering Corporation
Death Studies Journal
Omega Journal

National Bereavement Organizations
American Academy of Bereavement
P.O. Box 912
Buffalo, NY 14225-0912
Tel. 800-726-3888
URL: http://www.bereavementacademy.org
Affiliate of the Center for Hospice & Palliative Care that provides extensive training related to palliative care and bereavement issues.

Association for Death Education and Counseling
342 North Main Street
West Hartford, CT
06117-2507
Tel. 860-586-7503
URL: http://www.adec.org
The home organization for many professionals who work with death, dying, and bereavement.

Center for Loss and Transition
3735 Broken Bow Road
Ft. Collins, CO, 80526
Tel. 970-226-6050
URL: http://www.centerforloss.com

National Center for Death Education
Mt. Ida College
777 Dedham Street
Newton Center, MA, 02159
Tel. 617-928-4649

Perhaps the largest library of books and audio-visual resources on illness, death, dying, and bereavement in the world. Runs an annual two-week Summer Institute leading to Certificate in Thanatology.
URL: http://www.mountida.edu/sp.cfm

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
1901 N. Moore Street Suite 901
Arlington, VA 22209
Tel. 703-243-5900
URL: http://www.nhpco.org
Offers training through its Council of Hospice Professionals.

New England Center for Loss and Transition
P.O. Box 185311,
Hamden, CT 06518
URL: http://www.neclt.org
Holds annual conference on loss and bereavement. Keeps a database of support resources all over the Northeastern United States.

The Dougy Center: National Center for Grieving Children and Families
P.O. Box 86852,
Portland, OR 97286
Tel. 503-775-5683
URL: http://www.dougy.org
Center for grieving children & families that has served as a model for other centers around the country. Provides training in how to develop such a program.

Support Organizations:

AARP - Widowed Person's Service
1-800-424-3410
Support groups and services for widows and widowers.
URL: http://www.aarp.org/griefandloss/

The Compassionate Friends
P.O. Box 3696
Oak Brook, IL, 60522-3696
Tel. 630-990-0010
URL: http://www.compassionatefriends.org
Self-help organization for parents who have had a child die. Also has a catalog of excellent printed materials.

Theos
322 Boulevard of the Allies - Suite 105
Pittsburgh, PA, 15222-1919
Tel. 412-471-7779
Information and support groups for widowed persons nationwide.

Fernside- A Center for Grieving Children
2303 Indian Mound Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45212
513-841-1012
http://www.fernside.org
Information and support service for grieving children and their caregivers.

Written Resources:

Centering Corporation
1531 N. Saddle Creek Road
Omaha, NE, 68104
Tel. 402-553-1200
URL: http://www.centering.org
Book service that specializes in books and audio-video materials related to illness, death and bereavement.

Compassion Books
477 Hannah Branch Road
Burnsville, NC, 28714
Tel. 828-675-5909
URL: http://www.compassionbooks.com
Book service that specializes in books and audio-video materials related to illness, death, and bereavement.

Grief Websites

http://www.goodgriefresources.com
http://www.griefnet.org
http://www.bereavement.org
http://www.kidsaid.com
http://www.counselingstlouis.net/
This is the Sibling Connection website- information for anyone who has lost a sibling.
http://dying.about.com/
http://www.grief-recovery.com/ http://www.bereavedfamilies.net/guide/index.html http://www.ebereavement.com/ http://www.hospicenet.org/html/bereavement.html http://www.growthhouse.org
http://www.centering.org
http://www.aarp.org/griefandloss
http://www.griefwatch.com
http://www.grief.org
http://bereavementcare.com
http://www.griefwords.com
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bereament.org
http://www.griefsteps.com