Grief and Bereavement Arena

On Death and Dying

What the Dying have to teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and their own Families

• By Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. The five stages of grief, first formulated in this hugely influential work forty years ago, are now part of...

Published August 29th 2008 by Routledge.

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Bereavement Narratives

Continuing bonds in the twenty-first century

• By Christine Valentine

Bereavement is often treated as a psychological condition of the individual with both healthy and pathological forms. However, this empirically-grounded study argues that this is...

Published July 8th 2008 by Routledge.

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Handbook of Thanatology

The Essential Body of Knowledge for the Study of Death, Dying, and Bereavement

• Edited by David Balk

If ever there was an area requiring that the research-practice gap be bridged, surely it occurs where thanatologists engage with people dealing with human mortality and...

Published October 4th 2007 by Routledge.

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Existential and Spiritual Issues in Death Attitudes

• Edited by Adrian Tomer, Grafton T. Eliason, Paul T. P. Wong

Existential and Spiritual Issues in Death Attitudes provides: an in-depth examination of death attitudes, existentialism, and spirituality and their relationships; a review of the major...

Published July 31st 2007 by Psychology Press.

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Creative Interventions in Grief and Loss Therapy

When the Music Stops, a Dream Dies

• Edited by Thelma Duffey

Get the tools to help the grief that comes when a dream dies

Every person at one time or another suffers when his or her dreams...

Published June 7th 2007 by Routledge.

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Cultural Diversity and Suicide

Ethnic, Religious, Gender, and Sexual Orientation Perspectives

• By Terry S. Trepper, Mark M. Leach

This book adds a vital and overlooked dimension—diversity—to suicide assessments and interventions


The literature on the relationship between culture and suicide has...

Published October 31st 2006 by Routledge.

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Violent Death

Resilience and Intervention Beyond the Crisis

• Edited by Edward K. Rynearson

This book pulls together a definitive collection of work on the theory and practice of clinical, spiritual, and emotional support after the experience of violent...

Published October 11th 2006 by Routledge.

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A Season of Grief

• By Bill Valentine

This unique book celebrates a long-term, interracial relationship and details the everyday struggles of a surviving partner trying to carry on in a radically...

Published February 6th 2006 by Routledge.

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Widow to Widow

How the Bereaved Help One Another

• By Phyllis R. Silverman

Widow to Widow shares the experiences of widows who have found comfort and continuity in mutual-help and community support programs. In the second edition of...

Published September 30th 2004 by Routledge.

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Group Work with Adolescents After Violent Death

A Manual for Practitioners

• By Alison Salloum

This manual for facilitators of teen grief groups and other mental health professionals, addresses the unique needs of adolescents experiencing traumatic reactions in the aftermath...

Published June 28th 2004 by Routledge.

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