Resources
Alison Wertheimer, A Special Scar: The Experiences of People Bereaved by Suicide
BOOK: A 'Special Scar' looks in detail at the stigma surrounding suicide and offers practical help for survivors, relatives and friends of people who have taken their own life.
The Long Sleep: Young People and Suicide by Kate Hill
BOOK: This book is an exploration of the origins, symptoms and meanings of young peoples' suicidal crises.
Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide by Kay Redfield Jamison
BOOK: A book about the difficult subject of suicide.
Phyllis R. Silverman & Madelyn Kelly, A Parent’s Guide to Raising Grieving Children: Rebuilding Your Family after the Death of a Loved One
BOOK: A book for parents about raising grieving children.
I’m Grieving as Fast as I Can (On Being Widowed) by Linda Feinberg
BOOK: A book about how Young Widows and Widowers Can Cope and Heal
Vigor Mortis – the End of the Death Taboo by Kate Berridge
BOOK: This book is a provocative account of how and why we have tamed the thing we most fear - death.
Death and How to Survive it by Kate Boydell
BOOK: This book is a unique and practical guide to coming to terms with the loss of your partner
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
BOOK: A book to help us understand the meaning of the holocaust. A young adult's version also available.
The Empty Bed: Bereavement and the Loss of Love by Susan Wallbank
BOOK: A sensitive book about facing the loss of a sexual partner.
Jane Brooks, Midlife Orphan
BOOK: Jane Brooks shows us in her book how to find new sources of strength, in both ourselves and others, after our parents are gone.
Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss by Hope Edelman
BOOK: Motherless Daughters explores the impact on women of losing their mother.
The Courage to Grieve by Judith Tatelbaum
BOOK: Creative Living, Recovery and Growth Through Grief
Colin Murray Parkes, Bereavement – Studies in Grief in Adult Life
BOOK: Colin Murray Parkes draws on his own research to develop some new theories around bereavement and its effects.
Grief Counselling and Grief Therapy by William Worden
BOOK: New counselling techniques, incorporating a refined basic model of mourning, and added information on special types of mourning.
Pets - What to do if you or a loved one dies and can no longer look after a pet
The Cinnamon Trust and Dogs Trust can help.