Welcome to the Griefwords Online Library
Brought to you by the Center for Loss and Life Transition Alan Wolfelt, PH.D, Director
Helping Others with Grief
A friend has experienced the death of someone loved. How can you help? The following articles provide many practical suggestions for helping others with grief:
The Misconception of the Funeral as a Rite of Closure
Helping Yourself Heal When Someone You Care About Dies of a Drug Overdose
Helping a Grandparent Who is Grieving
Helping a Suicide Survivor Heal
Helping a Grieving Friend in the Workplace
Helping Your Family When a Member is Dying
Helping Yourself with Grief
A friend has experienced the death of someone loved. How can you help? The following articles provide many practical suggestions for helping others with grief:
Too Much Loss: Grief Overload and Its Causes
The Grief of Dementia Care Partners
Why Choose A Final Resting Place for Your Loved One
The Teeter-Totter of Resilience and Vulnerability in Grief
You Must Say Hello Before You Say Goodbye
You Must Make Friends with the Darkness Before You Can Enter the Light
Helping Yourself Heal When an Adult Sibling Dies
Mustering the Courage to Mourn
Love and Grief: In Communion and Greater Than the Sum of Their Parts
Will I Befriend My Feelings Or Will I Deny, Repress, Or Inhibit Them?
Helping Yourself Heal When Your Spouse Dies
Helping Yourself Heal When Your Child Dies
Helping Yourself Heal When Your Parent Dies
Helping Yourself Heal When a Baby Dies
Helping Yourself Heal During the Holiday Season
Healing Your Grief About Getting Older
For and About Grieving Children and Teenagers
Children and teenagers have special needs following the death of a friend or family member. The following articles provide wonderful insight in helping children and teens understand and express their grief.
Finding the Right Words: Guidelines on how to talk to grieving children about death
How to Talk to the Children and Teens in Your Life About the Newtown, CT Tragedy
Helping Infants and Toddlers Cope with Grief
Helping Children Cope With Grief
In Time of Need
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