After the loss of a loved one, coping with daily living can be hard. Knowing you are not alone in your difficult journey can make all the difference. Through generous community donations, Haven offers individual, family and group bereavement support, as well as educational programs for anyone who has experienced a loss. You can find your nearest grief support group and learn more about free bereavement services at HavenHospice.com/Bereavement.
Please utilize the following resources to help your (or a loved one’s) season of grief.
Not all Mourning Happens After Bereavement
Anticipatory Grief | Stanford Medicine
5 Steps for Dealing With Anticipatory Grief
Anticipatory Grief, Death, and Bereavement
Preparing for a Loved One’s End of Life
Helping Children Cope with Anticipatory Grief
“Love Legacy: A Guidebook for Families Anticipating the Death of a Parent”
“Persevering: Grief as Told by Young People” – Anticipatory Grief During a Terminal Illness
Commune with Jeff Krasno: Grief, Healing and Finding Meaning After Loss with David Kessler
Grief Out Loud: Can They Even Understand? – Preschoolers & Grief
Healing with David Kessler: Dr. Laura Berman on Unprocessed Grief & Trauma in the Body
Healing with David Kessler: Why Talk about Grief?
Shapes of Grief: Can You Just Sit With Me?
Terrible, Thanks For Asking: Happyish Holidays
The Realities of Black Grief – Doneila McIntosh, M.Div., M.A.
Graphic Novel Facilitation Guide
Kids Grieve Differently than Adults
National Allliance for Children’s Grief
Resources for Grieving Students
Supporting Children After a Suicide
Telling the Kids: What Grown-ups Can Do When Someone is Seriously Ill
Teacher Training Module: Supporting Grieving Students in Schools
The Dougy Center for Grieving Children & Families
Water Bugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Young Children (Storytime)
Individual Student Bereavement Support Plan: Individual Student Bereavement Support Plan – NACG
Coalition to support Grieving Students: Home Page – Coalition to Support Grieving Students
Children:
- What Does Grief Feel Like?
- The Invisible String
- Memory Box
- Cape
- A Walk in the Woods
- Grandpa’s Stories
Adults:
- Grief is Love: Living with Loss, by Marisa Renee Lee
- It’s Okay You’re Not Okay, by Meghan Devine
- A Grief Observed, by CS Lewis
- Finding Meaning, by David Kessler
- As Long As You Need: Permission to Grieve, by JS Park
- The Wild Edge of Sorrow, by Francis Weller
- It’s Okay to Laugh: Crying is Cool too by Nora McInerny
- Coping with Loss Workbook
- Grief Experience Workbook of Tools
- The Healing Workbook by Angie Doel
Soaring Spirits (Widowed Persons): www.soaringspirits.org
Widowed Parents: https://widowedparent.org/
Compassionate Friends (Child Loss): www.compassionatefriends.org
Bereaved Parents USA: https://bereavedparentsusa.org/
Actively Moving Forward & App (young adult 18-30, or 30+): healgrief.org
The Dinner Party (hosts “tables” for young adults 21-45): https://www.thedinnerparty.org/
Reimagine (Virtual Events): https://letsreimagine.org/life-challenges/loss-bereavement
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