Description: Birth is life's first miracle, shrouded in awe and mystery. Death, however, remains the proverbial elephant in the room--real and looming, but ignored. Death deserves more credit than it receives. Tog...
Author: Wolfelt, Alan D. Publisher: Companion Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Parents, teachers, and other adults can learn through this concise and caring guide to how children and adolescents grieve after someone they love dies. Exploring the six reconciliation needs of mourn...
Author: Kluger, Barry Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: On April 6, 2001, Barry Kluger began his day with a round of golf. While on the eleventh hole, he called home to check messages and received the news every parent dreads-his eighteen-year-old daughter...
Author: Heustis, Jane / Jenkins, Marcia Meyer Publisher: Companion Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Intended for nurses, doctors, midwives, social workers, chaplains, and hospital support staff, this guide gives caring and practical advice for helping families grieve properly after losing a child at...
Author: Wolfelt, Alan D. Publisher: Companion Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Renowned author and educator Alan Wolfelt redefines the role of the grief counselor in this guide for caregivers. His new model for "companioning" the bereaved gives a viable alternative to the limita...
Author: Yoder, Greg Publisher: Companion Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This guide for counselors and lay caregivers explores the art of caring for the dying and their families. Based on the tenets first articulated by renowned grief educator Dr. Alan Wolfelt, this respec...
Description: Written to be read easily at a stressful time, this book deals with grief and the practicalities of facing life after the death of a spouse.
Author: Umberson, Debra Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: When a parent dies, most adults are seized by an unexpected crisis that can trigger a profound transformation of their beliefs, behavior, goals, and sense of self. Whether - and how - this loss is re...
Author: Gamino, Louis A. / Ritter, R. Hal Publisher: Springer Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: ""Gamino and Ritter do an excellent job of providing cogent advice and helpful suggestions for how professionals can manage ethical dilemmas that arise from the practice of grief counseling."" -J. Wi...
Author: Charles-Edwards, David Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This is a uniquely invaluable book which tackles how death and bereavement can affect the workplace. It is a sensitive and constructive text for dealing with issues that touch all working lives.
Author: van Essen, Mercedes Publisher: Eloquent Books Format: Adobe PDF
Description: When Mercedes Oestermann van Essen lost her father she had no idea how much she would be affected by his death. Mercedes and Bernie, as she had affectionately called her father since she was a little ...
Author: Wolfelt, Alan D. Publisher: Companion Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: A compassionate resource for friends, parents, relatives, teachers, volunteers, and caregivers, this series offers suggestions to help the grieving cope with the loss of a loved one. Often people do n...
Author: Wolfelt, Alan D. Publisher: Companion Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: A compassionate resource for friends, parents, relatives, teachers, volunteers, and caregivers, this series offers suggestions to help the grieving cope with the loss of a loved one. Often people do n...
Author: Wolfelt, Alan D. Publisher: Companion Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: With a gentle and considerate style, this handbook explores what happens when grief and the workplace meet, and the drastic effects of grieving on employees, their performance, and the overall workpla...
Author: Kroen, William C., Ph.D., LMHC Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: How children from infancy through 18 perceive and react to death; how adults can guide and support children through the grieving process. Includes a list of resources and recommended readings.
Author: Markell, Marc A. Publisher: Companion Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Frequently, people with developmental disabilities are excluded from bereavement ceremonies when a loved one or friend dies, therefore not receiving the special care needed for comprehending their own...
Author: Pearce, Charles W. Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: When Kirsty Jayne Pearce was born-full term-on February 22, 1986, she weighed just three pounds, twelve ounces. A fighter, Kirsty survived, but she was destined to experience a lifetime of an array of...
Author: N/A Publisher: Brunner-Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: What causes some events to be perceived as public tragedies? Some tragedies are raised to a level of public attention that necessarily separates them from the multitude of horrific events that transpi...
Author: Crews, M.C. Publisher: Virtualbookworm.com Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Losing a child is a life-altering experience. It challenges your relationship with God, your family, and your friends. This is a true story about one mother's journey through grief after the sudden de...
Author: Phillips, Carolyn Smith Publisher: Virtualbookworm.com Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "Michael An Endtime Sign" is a story that caters to the whole family, as well as teens. It builds faith at a time such as now when our hopes and dreams are being crushed almost daily by the economy an...
Author: Taylor, Ruby L. Publisher: JoyWillCome.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Journey through No More Good Byes and find the lessons and answers God gave Ruby Taylor in grief and healing. Discover what the Word of God says about death, grief, tragedy, hope, comfort, weeping, h...
Author: Tam, Jacqui Publisher: Iceberg Publishing Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Standing Tall: A Daughter's Gift is a deeply personal, spiritually healing memoir written by a daughter in honour of her father. Carrying readers through both the tragedy of Alzheimer's disease and th...
Author: Conners, Jennell Publisher: FriesenPress Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This is the story of an overactive, underachieving girl living her life and waiting to excel. That is, until she is placed in a coma for six months after being hit in a pedestrian accident. She endure...
Author: N/A Publisher: Mostly for Mothers Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Miscarriage is so common and yet within our culture it is an unspeakable subject. Women often grieve alone, mourning a child they have never met but whose future they have already imagined. It is a pr...
Author: Clift, Eleanor Publisher: Perseus Books, LLC Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "Newsweek" contributing editor Clift tackles one of the most important--and divisive--issues facing the nation: how Americans deal, or fail to deal, with dying. Clift provides a very personal narrativ...
Author: Brown, Michael Everett Publisher: Virtualbookworm.com Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "What Brothers Do" is the true story of two brothers. The first is Captain Patrick Brown, a highly decorated and well respected member of the New York City Fire Department, who was killed in the World...
Author: Balk, David Publisher: Springer Publishing Company Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: "Capturing from the start that 'Childhood is, and always has been, a vulnerable time," we have a rich ingathering of contributed pieces that bring us into the raw, fragile arena of children traumat
Author: Firestone, Dr. Robert / Catlett, Dr. Joyce Publisher: Springer Publishing Company Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: "This book fruitfully serves those looking to apply Ernest Becker's ideas psychotherapeutically, in individual counseling or in group therapy. A capstone to Robert Firestone's 50 years of work
Author: Firestone, Dr. Robert / Catlett, Dr. Joyce Publisher: Springer Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book combines a theoretical understanding of death anxiety with narratives recounting the life experiences of many individuals to illustrate how people can use an awareness of death to enhance th...
Author: Balk, David Publisher: Springer Publishing Company Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: "[F]or the resource that offers one of the best bibliographies and guides to resources, for the book that contains theory, definitions, treatment modalities, helps, warnings, integration of peop
Description: Social phobia, or social anxiety disorder, is among the most common (and debilitating) of the anxiety disorders, and at any given time it effects somewhere between 3 and 5% of the US population, with ...
Description: Comprehensive instruction in this important method From Pearl Harbor to the events of September 11, 2001, to the ravages of Hurricane Katrina, tragedy can leave indelible scars. Its many forms are now...
Author: Rainer, Jackson / Brown, Frieda Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Comprehensive instruction in this important method From Pearl Harbor to the events of September 11, 2001, to the ravages of Hurricane Katrina, tragedy can leave indelible scars. Its many forms are now...
Author: N/A Publisher: Ashgate Gower Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This multi-disciplinary study addresses the relationships between space and place, death and bereavement in western societies, from the mapping of bereavement on the body or in domestic space, to site...
Author: N/A Publisher: Springer Publishing Company Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "Historically we have always employed our foremost technology in the service of the dead. We have used whatever we had at our disposal to mourn, to support, to share memories and to tell stories. Carl...
Author: N/A Publisher: Springer Publishing Company Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: End-of-life experiences are often viewed in terms of only one perspective such as medicine. In this volume, a variety of end-of life experiences are presented and each case is analyzed from a varie
Author: Gamino, Louis A. / Ritter, R. Hal Publisher: Springer Publishing Company Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: "Gamino and Ritter do an excellent job of providing cogent advice and helpful suggestions for how professionals can manage ethical dilemmas that arise from the practice of grief counseling."
Description: "[For] people who are dealing with grief or who are going through other major life transitions. I draw upon Deborah Coryell's wisdom and expertise and recommend Good Grief as a resource for both patie...
Author: Coryell, Deborah Morris Publisher: Healing Arts Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "[For] people who are dealing with grief or who are going through other major life transitions. I draw upon Deborah Coryell's wisdom and expertise and recommend Good Grief as a resource for both patie...
Author: Hall, Julie Publisher: Estate Lady Publications Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: "How to Clean Out Your Parents' Estate in 30 Days or Less" is a take-along manual packed with meticulously compiled checklists, resources, and information. This guide provides step-by-s...
Author: Hall, Julie Publisher: Estate Lady Publications Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: "How to Divide Your Family's Estate and Heirlooms Peacefully and Sensibly" is a must-have resource packed with practical expertise and a fair, equitable process for dividing personal pro...
Author: MacLean, Kenneth Publisher: The Big Picture Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: The day after my father died I had a remarkable experience. I went out for a walk and felt his presence. For the first time in my life, we began to genuinely communicate on the most fundamental level-...
Author: Titus, John L. Publisher: FriesenPress Format: Adobe PDF
Description: In Losing Alicia, readers not only witness a father's struggle over the murder of his young, vibrant and beautiful daughter, but they walk with him through his agonizing grief after one of the most h...
Author: Haverkampf, Jamieson Publisher: Blooming Women Press, L.L.C. Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Mom Minus Dad is the only resource guide available with more than 500 resources for adults who lose a parent and need to assist a newly widowed parent. The book provides readers with practical advice ...
Author: MacLean, Kenneth Publisher: The Big Picture Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: When Frank Martin lost his wife Leah to a sudden illness, he was angry at the doctors and at life. His 8 year old daughter, Amanda, worried that her father would sink into another depression. Then o...
Author: N/A Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Remember Me brings together contributors from around the world with unique insight on the ways in which one's relationship with loved ones continues, endures, and perhaps even grows after death. Muc...
