I Can't Stop Crying: It's So Hard When Someone You Love Dies
By John D. Martin and Frank Ferris, MD. Foreword by Robert Buckman, MD, PhD. This down-to-earth book was written for individuals who are recently bereaved of someone very close to them -- typically a partner, though messages have very wide application. A narrator guides the flow as over fifty people tell their stories as examples for the reader to relate to. Grief counselors may want to consider this book to give to clients who ask the question "Do you have anything I can read?"

Recovering from Trauma
By Karen Dorfman. An audiocassette resource for survivors of traumatic stress due to sudden losses including shocking situations such as accidents and disasters. This tape is designed to help those with post-traumatic stress reactions recover from their symptoms. Side one is an informative lecture that educates about physical responses to trauma, setbacks, and stages of recovery. Side two is a relaxation exercise designed to reduce arousal and help the listener regain their sense of emotional and physical control.

The Centre for Grief Education
An Australian regional bereavement service funded by the Victorian Department of Human Services. Excellent web site includes helpful information about grief that can be of value to anyone. The Centre also conducts training programs for bereavement professionals.

Zoom: Bill Chadwick's Grief Resource Links
Primarily a links page with emphasis on grief and memorial sites. Bill also tells his personal story of recovery from grief and alcoholism. You can search the Growth House database from this site.

GriefNet
One of the oldest grief sites on the net, founded by Cendra Lynn. Offers many grief-related email discussion lists for specialized types of bereavement. Also sells books and bereavement supplies and offers a memorial section. You can search the Growth House database from this site.

The Shiva Foundation
A non-profit organization in Santa Fe, New Mexico, dedicated to healing through loss. Site includes grief FAQs, information about author and speaker Deborah Morris Coryell, and links to related resources. You can search the Growth House database from this site.

Counseling For Loss And Life Changes
Professional clinical counselor Jane Bissler offers this site to give grieving people a place to access information, exchange ideas, and share their own personal experiences in regards to the grieving process. Features include articles on various aspects of grief, a chat room, an online bookstore, a memorial section, a children's corner, links to related sites, and other features. You can search the Growth House database from this site.

Widow Net
Widow Net is an information and support resource for, and by, people who have lost a spouse or life partner. Topics covered include grief, recovery, senior sites, spiritual resources, and relationship-specific information. Features include a bereavement chat room.

Kay's Place: Death and Grief Links
A short collection of links related to death, dying, and grief. The home page for this site has additional links related to social work, mental health, addictions, African-American issues, and Christian resources on the net.

On Death And Dying
By Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. This is the world-famous best-seller by the woman who popularized the field of thanatology as a subject for general social commentary. This was her first book on the topic and is considered a classic. It is required reading in many academic settings, including medical and nursing schools, theological seminaries, and popular psychology courses. The book introduced the author's seminal "five stages" model which is still widely quoted.

Grief Recovery Online (GROWW)
Originally founded by widows and widowers, this site offers grief support for all bereaved persons. The site has several interactive message boards and a chat room encouraging users to post memorials and grief-related messages. Has links to various individual memorial pages on the net. You can search the Growth House database from this site.

When Bad Things Happen To Good People
By Harold Kushner. A Jewish rabbi facing his own child's fatal illness gives wise, compassionate, and practical advice on how to cope with anger, guilt, and grief following potentially overwhelming losses. Offers spiritual guidance that goes beyond the limits of traditional religious boundaries.

Ethnic Variations in Dying, Death, and Grief
By Donald P. Irish and Kathleen F. Lundquist. A compilation of professional articles intended to help bereavement counselors, hospice workers, and other death and dying professionals work more effectively with clients from social and ethnic groups other than their own. Specialists from many backgrounds give both cross-cultural overviews and personal perspectives.

Healing After Loss
By Martha Whitmore Hickman. A collection of daily affirmations and meditations for those recovering from the death of a loved one. There are occasional references to God, but the overall tone is non-denominational.

Loss: Sadness And Depression
By John Bowlby. This book completes John Bowlby's pioneering trilogy on attachment and loss. This volume concentrates on the major emotional consequences of loss, including feelings of sadness, depression, grief, and bereavement. The series as a whole should be mandatory reading for anyone interested in child psychology and attachment theory. The book includes the author's "four stages of grief" model which is not as well-known as the "five stages" model popularized by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross.

Journey Of Hearts
Provides links and resources related to various types of loss, major life changes and grief. Encourages mental and physical well-being during life transitions by presenting poetry, inspirational messages, stress management tips, humor, and musical recommendations.

Living With Grief
Kenneth J. Doka, Editor. A compilation of cross-cultural essays on loss and grief with emphasis on ethnic, spiritual, class, and gender diversity in grieving. Includes a directory of resource organizations. This is the companion book for the 1998 bereavement teleconference sponsored by the Hospice Foundation Of America. Published April, 1998.

Living With Grief: When Illness Is Prolonged
Chronic illness and prolonged dying create special tensions that can be a terrible burden both for the person who is ill and those affected by the illness. Changes in role relationships have psychological and practical ripple effects throughout the extended family. Here's a compilation of resource materials provided by the Hospice Foundation of America, edited by Kenneth Doka. Articles cover disease-specific situations such as Alzheimer's, AIDS, and cognitive dementia. Published April 1997.

GriefLink
A grief education site based in South Australia. Includes concise, high-quality information on various specialized types of grief. Includes links to related resources with particularly good coverage of Australian states and territories. GriefLink was developed as a joint project between the National Association for Loss and Grief (NALAG) and the Department of General Practice at the University of Adelaide in South Australia. An expert panel ensures that content is above the norm for internet fare.

Grief and Loss Resource Center
A lengthy collection of links related to grief, loss, end of life issues, recovery, and related topics. It is part of a larger site devoted primarily to Christian church resources.

Living With Grief After Sudden Loss
Edited by Kenneth Doka. A collection of articles by specialists in various forms of traumatic loss, including suicides, homicide, accidents, heart attacks, strokes, and other specialized forms of death. Includes information on vehicular crashes, grief in the military, traumatic death, disaster death, law enforcement and emergency medical service (EMS) personnel, the media, response of schools and teachers, and spiritual support after a sudden loss. Intended for bereavement counselors who need to deal with a wide variety of trauma due to specialized losses.

alt.support.grief
A Usenet newsgroup for people who have lost a loved one.

Trauma and Recovery
By Judith Herman. An influential and often-quoted book on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

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