“If you simply can’t understand why someone is grieving so much, for so long, then consider yourself fortunate that you do not understand.”
- Joanne Cacciatore
Resources
Pregnancy and Child Loss
Grief Resources
Readings
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The Invisible String (Karst)
Grief is an Elephant (Ellis Smith & Whitesides)
Everywhere Still (Clark)
You'll Find Me (Rawsen Hill)
One Wave at a Time (Thompson)
The Memory Box (Rowland)
Tear Soup (Schwiebert & DeKlyen)
The Goodbye Book (Parr)
Ida, Always (Levis & Santoso)
See You on the Other Side (Montez Minor)
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Bearing the Unbearable (Cacciatore)
Finding the Words (Campbell)
It's OK That You're Not OK (Devine)
Moving on Doesn't Mean Letting Go (Moffa)
Unexpecting (Lewis)
Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe (Jackson)
Grieving Room (Friesen)
Can You Just Sit with Me (Smith)
The Light Between Us (Jackson)
Other Media
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The What's Your Grief Podcast
The Worst Girl Gang Ever
Grief Cast
Good Mourning
It's OK That You're Not OK
Good Grief
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Retreats
For Professionals
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Professional Certification | Care for Bereaved/Grieving Families (missfoundation.org)
Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy Training Program: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (mskcc.org)
Grief Support Specialist Certificate | UW-Madison Continuing Studies | UW–Madison Continuing Studies (wisc.edu)
Grief Counseling Certification American Academy Grief Counseling (aihcp.net)
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Rubin, S. S., & Malkinson, R. (2001). Parental response to child loss across the life cycle: Clinical and research perspectives. In M. S. Stroebe, R. O. Hansson, W. Stroebe, & H. Schut (Eds.), Handbook of bereavement research: Consequences, coping, and care (pp. 219–240). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/10436-009
Meij, L.W.-d., Stroebe, M., Schut, H., Stroebe, W., van den Bout, J., Heijden, P.G.M. and Dijkstra, I. (2008), Parents grieving the loss of their child: Interdependence in coping. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 47: 31-42. https://doi.org/10.1348/014466507X216152
Price, J. E., & Jones, A. M. (2015). Living Through the Life-Altering Loss of a Child: A Narrative Review. Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, 38(3), 222–240. https://doi.org/10.3109/01460862.2015.1045102
Lichtenthal, W. G., Neimeyer, R. A., Currier, J. M., Roberts, K., & Jordan, N. (2013). Cause of Death and the Quest for Meaning After the Loss of a Child. Death Studies, 37(4), 311–342. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2012.673533