Baker's Funeral Handbook: Resources for Pastors

Letters from Motherless Daughters: Words of Courage, Grief, and Healing

Revisiting the profoundly important subject of mother loss, "Letters From Motherless Daughters is a compilation of real letters written by women in response to the ground-breaking "New York Times bestseller Motherless Daughters.When "Motherless Daughters was first published in 1994, author Hope Edelman--through research, interviews, and personal experience--helped women across the country deal with the pain of losing a mother. Finally they felt free to discuss and try to understand their unique form of grief, and perhaps most importantly, they felt that they were not alone in their loss.The overwhelming number of letters she received in response to "Motherless Daughters prompted Hope Edelman to publish "Letters From Motherless Daughters. Reaffirming her precious link with motherless women across the country, Hope presents these moving, honest, and often hopeful letters, along with her own insight, and offers readers a chance to further learn from this loss. Chapters are divided by the number of years since mother loss, and each addresses the significant issues of that stage. Hope also includes information on starting or joining a support group, and offers suggested reading for ...

Alice Pattie, Bernadine Kreis

Up from Grief: Patterns of Recovery

One of the best books available on grief offers solid guidance to all who minister to those who mourn.

Linda J. Schupp

Grief: Normal, Complicated, Traumatic

The scientific study of grief, accompanied by its vast eclectic approach of available therapeutic techniques, gives rise to the significance and importance of this emerging field. No longer pushed aside in favor of other pursuits, grief research, theories, and therapies has made it's presence known in the myriad of occupations. This reader friendly book offers a holistic approach to understanding and treating normal, complicated and traumatic grief. There are many changes on the horizon surrounding the subject of grief, and this book simplifies and clarifies the developing definitions, terminologies and diagnostic criteria. Based on a thorough review of previous and current literature, Dr. Schupp has succinctly extracted the most pertinent grief related nuggets from different theoretical foundations. The reader will appreciate the immediate applicability of the physiological, psychological and therapeutic techniques. If your time is limited and you've wished for easy to read practical information on diagnosing and treating grieving clients, then this resource will be a welcome addition to your work.