Loss and HopeUse the filters below to find resources of all types to help you support the bereaved. If you know of something we can include please get in touch. We have selected here resources which we believe will be most helpful for churches. Please see AtaLoss.org for a wider range.
Changing of any season can bring with it new anniversaries of significant moments. Here are some ways that may help you through autumn.
Losing someone you love is undeniably painful, but rising above grief and connecting spiritually to something greater might help you to find meaning. The Art of Dying Well offers practical and spiritual support to those faced with the prospect of death and dying. Also useful for those supporting the bereaved. This site is not only […]
A shared blog by three bereaved mothers
Grieving over death is an innate, vital process that most people are able to experience and emerge from in a healthy manner.
Colin Murray Parkes draws on his own research to develop some new theories around bereavement and its effects
The Classic Guide to Creative Living, Recovery, and Growth Through Grief
This book provides guidence and aid to the bereaved on their journey through grief and loss
Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss
Drawing upon extensive interviews and assessments of school-age children who have lost a parent to death, this book offers a richly textured portrait of the mourning process in children. Link to Amazon
Death and the Family: The Importance of Mourning
Jane Brooks shows us how to find new sources of strength, in both ourselves and others, after our parents are gone.
A sensitive book about facing the loss of a sexual partner.
A prominent Viennese psychiatrist before the war, Viktor Frankl was uniquely able to observe the way that both he and others in Auschwitz coped (or didn’t) with the experience.
A unique and practical guide to coming to terms with the loss of your partner
Essayist Judith Viorst, who has humorously eased our journey to middle age, now turns her considerable talents to a more serious and far-reaching subject
This is Kate Berridge’s provocative account of how and why we have tamed the thing we most fear, Death.
How Young Widows and Widowers Can Cope and Heal
Parent’s Guide to Raising Grieving Children
Understanding Suicide: Written by Kay Redfield Jamison
This is an exploration of the origins, symptoms and meanings of young peoples’ suicidal crises
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