Grief Resources
Here is a detailed list of books Linnemann’s carries as a part of our Aftercare Services. Stop and check out anything you need to help you or a loved one work through periods of grief. Our Lending Library is located at the Erlanger branch at
30 Commonwealth Blvd.
Feel free to come in or call today at 859.251.2509.
SUICIDE
- Will’s Choice: A Suicidal Teen, a Desperate Mother, and a Chronicle of Recovery
by Gail Griffith - Living with Grief after Sudden Loss: Suicide, Homicide, Accident, Heart Attack, Stroke
Edited by Kenneth J. Doka Ph.D. - Ask Me“¦30 Things I Want to Know: How to be a Friend to a Survivor of Suicide
by Nancy Zastrow - Grieving a Suicide: A Loved One’s Search for Comfort, Answers & Hope
by Albert Y. Hsu - Fierce Goodbye: Living in the Shadow of Suicide
by G. Lloyd Carr and Gwendolyn C. Carr
- My Son“¦My Son: A Guide to Healing after Death, Loss, or Suicide
by Iris Bolton - Mourning after Suicide
by Lois A. Bloom - National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Goals and Objectives for Action
Provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Teenage Suicide
by Sandra Gardner
GENERAL GRIEF
- Living with Grief after Sudden Loss: Suicide, Homicide, Accident, Heart Attack, Stroke
Edited by Kenneth J. Doka Ph.D. - Picking up the Pieces: Healing Ourselves after Personal Loss
by Barbara Hansen, Ph.D. - Talking to Heaven: A Medium’s Message of Life after Death
by James Van Praagh - How To Go On Living when Someone You Love Dies
by Therese A. Rando, Ph.D. - The Grief Recovery Handbook: A Step-by-Step Program for Moving Beyond Loss
by John W. James and Frank Cherry - Chicken Soup for the Grieving Soul: Stories About Life, Death and Overcoming the Loss of a Loved One
by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen - Lessons: From a Mother Who Lost her Child to Cancer
by Susan Shibley Abbott - Food for the Soul: A “Best of Bereavement” Poetry Collection
Edited by Andrea Gambill - Why Be Lonely: A Guide to Meaningful Relationships
by Les Carter, Paul D. Meier & Frank B. Minirth - Life after Loss: A Personal Guide Dealing with Death, Divorce, Job Change and Relocation
by Bob Deits - Living When a Loved One Has Died
by Earl A. Grollman - Healing Grief at Work: 100 Practical Ideas after Your Workplace is Touched by Loss
by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. - What if God Were the Sun?
by John Edward - One Last Time: A Psychic Medium Speaks to those we Have Loved and Lost
by John Edward - When Bad Things Happen to Good People
by Harold S. Kushner - Fresh-Brewed Life: A Stirring Invitation to Wake Up Your Soul
by Nicole Johnson - Wherever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
by Jon Kabat-Zinn - Morrie: In His Own Words
by Morrie Schwartz - Let’s Roll: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage
by Lisa Brewer, Wife of 9-11 Hero Todd Beamer - My Mother, My Friend: The Ten Most Important Things to Talk About with Your Mother
by Mary Marcdante - Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
by Elizabeth Buchan - How to Survive the Loss of a Love
by Harold H. Bloomfield, M.D., Melba Colgrove, Ph.D. & Peter McWilliams - Chunging: The Cleaning Side of Medicine
by Yunjo Chung, M.D. - “If there’s Anything I Can do“¦” A Practical Guide for Helping Others Cope with Grief
by Carlene Vester Eneroth - One World, One Heart
by Susan Polis Shutz - When a Loved One Dies: Meditations for the Journey through Grief
by Philip W. Williams - Companion through the Darkness: Inner Dialogues on Grief
by Stephanie Ericsson - Understanding Mourning: A Guide for those Who Grieve
by Glen W. Davidson - Letting Go With Love: The Grieving Process
by Nancy O’Connor, Ph.D. - Healing Grief: Reclaiming Life after Any Loss
by James Van Praagh - New Passages: Mapping Your Life across Time
by Gail Sheehy - Understanding Grief: Helping Yourself Heal
by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. - Beyond Sympathy: What to Say and Do for Someone Suffering an Injury, Illness or Loss
by Janice Harris Lord - The Bumps Are What You Climb On: Encouragement for Difficult Days
by Warren W. Wiersbe
- What Helped Me When My Loved One Died
by Earl A. Grollman - Smell the Roses: Finding Simplicity in a Healing World
by Ellyn Sanna - My Life is in Your Hands: Devotions to Help You Fall More Deeply in Love with Jesus
by Kathy Troccoli - The Mourning Handbook
by Helen Fitzgerald - Disenfranchised Grief: Recognizing Hidden Sorrow
by Kenneth J. Doka - The Courage to Laugh: Humor, Hope and Healing in the Face of Death and Dying
by Allen Klein - Heartfelt Change: Turning Harmful Emotions into Positive Character
by Les Carter, Ph.D. - Final Celebrations: A Guide for Personal and Family Funeral Planning
by Kathleen Sublette and Martin Flagg - To Comfort All Who Mourn: A Parish Handbook for Ministry to the Grieving
by Carol Luebering - Seasons of Grief and Healing: A Guide for Those Who Mourn
by James E. Miller - Grief and Growth: Pastoral Resources for Emotional and Spiritual Growth
by R. Scott Sullender - The Grief Recovery Handbook: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce and Other Losses
by John W. James & Russell Friedman - Counseling for Grief and Bereavement
by Geraldine M. Humphrey & David G. Zimpfer - Bereavement: Counseling the Grieving throughout the Life Cycle
by David A. Crenshaw - Hope for Bereaved: Understand, Coping and Growing Through Grief Handbook
by Therese S. Schoeneck - The Dream Manager
by Matthew Kelly - Conquering the Beast Within: How I Fought Depression and Won“¦and How You Can Too
by Cait Irwin - Guidelines for Life beyond Loss
Courtesy of Ottawa Funeral Home - Death Studies: Counseling-Research-Education-Care-Ethics
- Grief Comes to Class: An Educator’s Guide
by Majel Gliko-Braden - Teaching Guide to Aarvy Aardvark Finds Hope
by Donna Rae O’Toole - Helping Children Grieve and Grow: A Guide for Those Who Care
by Donna O’Toole - Healing the Bereaved Child
by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. - Grief Work: Healing from Loss: Educational Handouts
by Frank Zamore - Grief Digest Magazine: Hope-Information-Support
- Helping Grieving Children & Teens
Presented by Robert Zucker - Six Simple Weeks: A Caring Manual for Support Group Leaders
- 2008 Seasons of Grief Catalog of Grief Resources Magazine
- Mental Health Resource Directory 2002-2003
- The Art of Healing Childhood Grief
A School-Based Expressive Arts Program - Just You & Me: Making Memories with Your Children
by Judy Richmond - Sharing Our Best: A Collection of Activities and Ideas to Use in Bereavement Groups for Teens
- Teen Age Grief: A Training Manual for Initiating and Facilitating Grief Support Groups for Teens
by Linda Cunningham - Creating Meaningful Funeral Ceremonies: A Guide for Caregivers
by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. - How to Start and Lead a Bereavement Support Group
- Sudden and Violent Death and Helping Responses
by Dr. Alan D. Wolfelt - The Pursuit of Wow: Audio Book
Read by Tom Peters
HOMICIDE
- Living with Grief after Sudden Loss: Suicide, Homicide, Accident, Heart Attack, Stroke
Edited by Kenneth J. Doka Ph.D.
- Coping with Traumatic Death: Homicide
by Bob Baugher, Ph.D. and Lew Cox, Victim Advocate
SPOUSE LOSS
- I’m Grieving as Fast as I Can: How Young Widows and Widowers Can Cope and Heal
by Linda Feinberg - Let’s Roll: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage
by Lisa Brewer, Wife of 9-11 Hero Todd Beamer - How to Survive the Loss of a Love
by Harold H. Bloomfield, M.D., Melba Colgrove, Ph.D. & Peter McWilliams
- It Must Have Been Moonglow: Reflections on the First Years of Widowhood
by Phyllis Greene - Taking the Trip: A Journey through Widowhood
by Romaine Presnell - After the Flowers Have Gone: Coping with the Problems of the Widowed
by Bea Decker
HOLIDAYS
- Renewing Your Spirit: A Guide for Holiday and Special Days
by Sherry Williams
- Holiday Help: Hope & Healing for Those Who Grieve
by Sandra Graves & Sherry Williams
CHILD LOSS
- Love Never Dies: A Mother’s Journey from Loss to Love
by Sandy Goodman - After the Death of a Child: Living with Loss through the Years
by Ann K. Finkbeiner - The Worst Loss: How Families Heal From the Death of a Child
by Barbara D. Rosof - Miscarriage: A Shattered Dream
by Sherokee Ilse & Linda Hammer Burns - Stillborn: The Invisible Death
by John DeFrain
- Dear Parents: A Collection of Letters to Bereaved Parents
Edited by Joy Johnson - Children of the Dome: Twenty-eight True Stories of Survival and Hope after the Loss of a Child
by Rosemary Smith - Miscarriage: A Book for Parents
- Who Lives Happily Ever After? For Families Whose Child Has Died Violently
by Sharon Turnbull - How Can I Help?
by Martha Wegner-Hay
SIBLING LOSS
- Surviving a Sibling: Discovering Life after Loss
by Scott Mastley
PARENT LOSS
- Father Loss: How Sons of All Ages Come to Terms with the Deaths of Their Dads
by Neil Chethik
- Grieving the Death of a Mother
by Harold Ivan Smith
PET LOSS
- Absent Friend: Coping with the Loss of Your Pet
by Laura & Martyn Lee - When Your Pet Dies: A Guide to Mourning, Remembering, and Healing
by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. - Surviving the Heartbreak of Choosing Death for Your Pet
by Linda M. Peterson
- Goodbye, Friend: Healing Wisdom for Anyone Who Has Ever Lost a Pet
by Gary Kowalski - Grieving the Death of a Pet
by Betty J. Carmack
FOR CHILDREN & TEENS
- Help Me Say Goodbye: Activities for Helping Kids Cope When a Special Person Dies
by Janis Silverman - Anna’s Scrapbook: Journal of a Sister’s Love
by Susan Aitken - Another Look at the Rainbow: Straight from the Siblings
Written by and for Children Who Have Brothers and Sisters with a Life-Threatening Illness - Thank You for Coming to Say Goodbye
by Janice L. Roberts and Joy Johnson - When Death Walks In: For Teenagers Facing Grief
by Mark Scrivani - Flowers for the Ones You’ve known
Unedited Letters from Bereaved Teens - Death is Hard to Live With: Teenagers Talk about How They Cope with Loss
by Janet Bode - Facing Change: Falling Apart and Coming Together Again in the Teen Years
by Donna O’Toole - The Gift of a Memory
by Marianne Richmond - I Know I Made it Happen
by Lynn Bennett Blackburn - Lost and Found: Remembering a Sister
by Ellen Yeomans - Geranium Morning
by E. Sandy Powell - Am I Still a Sister?
by Alicia M. Sims
- It’s Not Your Fault
by Jessie Flynn - The Class in Room 44: When a Classmate Dies
by Lynn Bennett Blackburn - The Memory Box
by Kirsten McLaughlin - Holidays and Special Days
by Jessie Flynn - The Empty Place: A Child’s Guide through Grief
by Roberta Temes, Ph.D - Sunflowers & Rainbows for Tia: Saying Goodbye to Daddy
by Alesia Alexander-Greene - A Terrible Thing Happened
by Margaret M. Holmes - If Nathan Were Here
by Mary Bahr - I Had a Friend Named Peter: Talking to Children About the Death of a Friend
by Janice Cohn, D.S.W. - Healing Activities for Children in Grief
by Gary McWhorter - After a Death: An Activity Book for Children
- Remembering My Special Person: An Activity Book for Grieving Kids
by D. Rae Harshman
VIDEOS (VHS)
- Getting Through the Holidays: Help for the Bereaved
- Hospice Retreat
- Holiday Help Program
- Holiday Help 1994
- The Tenth Good Thing about Barney
- White Water: The Positive Power of Grief
- A Child’s View of Grief
- Living with Grief: After Sudden Loss
- Invincible Summer: Returning to Life after Someone You Love Has Died
- The Fall of Freddie the Leaf
- Talking About Death with Children
- The Gift of Aftercare