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Grief / Loss

Grief is an overwhelming, painful experience that occurs with the loss of a loved one - whether through death, divorce, separation, disability, or other circumstances.

Loss can also extend to more general areas - loss of an opportunity, a dream; familiarity of environment; a role or identity.  

Grief and loss  are helped by similar processes and principles.  Browse here to learn more.



Best Books on Grief / Loss Print E-mail

These are our favorite books on dealing with grief and loss issues:

1) How to Survive the Loss of a Love, by Peter McWilliams, Harold H. Bloomfield, and Melba Colgrove

2) On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss, by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler

3) Second Chances: Men, Women and Children a Decade After Divorce, by Judith Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee

4) Gone Too Soon: The Life and Loss of Infants and Unborn Children, by Sherri Devashrayee Wittwer (LDS book)

For more books on recovery, please visit our Bookstore, and choose the category "Healing Grief/Loss."