Resources for Grief & LoSS
victims of violent crime
Grief is a normal part of life, and everyone will experience the pain and loss of a loved one's death at some point, but they don't need to experience it alone.
- "Accommodation to Unnatural Death" Article by E.K. Rynearson, MD
- Virginia Mason - Separation & Loss Services https://www.virginiamason.org/separationandlossservices
- Bob Baugher Books -
www.griefworks.org/resources.html
- National Center for Victims of Crime: www.ncvc.org
- Washington Office of Crime Victims Advocacy: www.ocva.wa.gov
- Victim Support Services: www.victimsupportservices.org
- What is EMDR? http://www.emdria.org/?2
- The Dougy Center: www.dougy.org
- Victim Intervention Program, Inc.
Contact: Margaret McAbee
Email: margaret@vipi.org
- Survivors of Violent Loss Network
Contact: Connie Saindon, MFT
www.svlp.org
- "Coping with Loss: 115 Helpful Websites on Grief & Bereavement."
http://www.mastersincounseling.org/loss-grief-bereavement.html
Books for Grieving
Families and children
Books for Anyone Grieving:
Healing Through the Dark Emotions
- Miriam Greenspan
Books for Children
When My Worries Get Too Big: A Relaxation Book for Children Who Live With Anxiety
- Kari Dunn Buron
The Boy Who Didn't Want to be Sad
- Rob Goldblatt
The Invisible String
- Patrice Karst
Tough Boris (expressing sad feelings)
- Mem Fox
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story of Life for All Ages
- Leo Buscaglia
Someone I Love Died (workbook)
- Wendy Deaton
Lifetimes
- Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen
When Someone has a Very Serious Illness: Children Can Cope with Grief
- Marge Heegaard
Gentle Willow
- A Story for Children About Dying
***Half A World Away
- Libby Gleeson
I Miss You: A First Look at Death
- Pat Thomas
Samantha Jane's Missing Smile: A Story About Coping with the Loss of a Parent
- Julie Kaplow and Donna Pincus
working through Transitions AND OTHER Challenges
Books
Making Sense of Life's Changes - Transitions
- William Bridges
Educational or Useful Movies
Inside Out (Disney for all ages)
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