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Grief & Loss Resources
Recommended Readings for Grief & Loss
Issues:
- Chicken Soup for the Grieving Soul: Stories
About Life, Death and Overcoming the Loss of a Loved One;
Jack Canfield (Editor), Mark Victor Hansen (Editor); (2003)
- The Grief Recovery Handbook : The
Action Program for Moving Beyond Death Divorce, and Other Losses,
John James & Russell Friedman, (1993)
- Grieving the Loss of Someone You
Love: Daily Meditations to Help You Through the Grieving Process;
Ray Mitsch, Lynn Brooksdie, & Raymond R. Mitsch, (1993)
- How to Survive the Loss of a Love,
Peter McWilliams, et. al. (1990)
- Questions and Answers on Death and
Dying, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, (1981)
- Sad Isn't Bad: A Good-Grief Guidebook for
Kids Dealing With Loss, Michaelene Mundy, (1998)
- Talking With Children About Loss:
Words, Strategies, and Wisdom to Help Children Cope With Death,
Divorce, and Other Difficult Times, Maria Trozzi, Kathy Massimini,
(1998)
- Necessary Losses, The Loves, Illusions,
Dependencies, and Impossible Expectations That All of Us Have
to Give Up in Order to Grow,
Viorst, Judith, Fireside, (1998).
Section IV, Chapters 16 through 20 are particularly significant
in regards to loss and grief.
- When Bad Things Happen to Good People,
Harold Kushner, (1981)
- The Worst Loss: How Families Heal
from the Death of a Child, Barbara D. Rosof; (1995)
Websites/Resources
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www.groww.org
- Chat room support. Peer groups in a large number/variety of
online chat rooms specific to differing types of losses provide
support and information.
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www.griefnet.org
- Email support groups.
- American Association of Retired Persons
601 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20049
1-800-424-3410
www.aarp.org/griefandloss
Wendt Center for Loss and Healing
730 11th Street, NW, 3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20001
202-624-0010
www.lossandhealing.org
The mission of this organization is to ease impact of illness,
loss and bereavement through direct services, education and
advocacy.
The Compassionate Friends
P.O. Box 3696
Oak Brook, IL 60522-3696
1-877-969-0010
www.compassionatefriends.org
Support for persons who have lost a child. Chapters in D.C.,
Annapolis, Baltimore, Bowie, Frederick, Potomac, Waldorf, Arlington,
Fairfax, Fredericksburg, Leesburg, and Manassas.
- Center
to Improve Care of the Dying (www.gwu.edu/~cicd)
- dying.about.com
- www.counselingforloss.com
- www.growthhouse.org
And remember, contact COPE, we are
always available to help with assessment, problem-solving counseling,
and comprehensive referral suggestions.
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