Useful Resources
Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement:
www.grief.org.au
The Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement is an independent, not for profit organisation providing grief and bereavement education in Australia. Its mission is to build the capacity of individuals, organisations and communities in order to enhance well-being following adverse life events.
National Association for Loss and Grief (NSW):
www.nalag.org.au
National Association for Loss and Grief (NSW) offers grief support groups as well as training and advice on grief issues. Regional chapters are located across the state.
Bereavement CARE Centre:
www.bereavementcare.com.au
The Bereavement Care Centre offers complete bereavement care services including bereavement counselling, educational courses, educational books and DVDs and information for bereaved adults and children.
Good Grief:
www.goodgrief.org.au
Good Grief Ltd is committed to relieving suffering and bringing hope to people affected by change, loss and grief. Good Grief Ltd. builds resilience in and brings hope to children, young people and adults who have experienced significant change, loss and grief with the program Seasons for Growth.
LifeLine:
www.lifeline.org.au
Lifeline is a not-for-profit organisation offering a number of services, including telephone and online counselling, training, and community events, at both the national and local level.
The White Wreath Association:
www.whitewreath.com
The White Wreath Association is a national organisation which offers support for those bereaved by suicide as well as advocating for changes to provide greater support for those at risk of suicide and their carers.
KIDS AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S SERVICES
National Centre for Childhood Grief:
www.childhoodgrief.org.au
The National Centre for Childhood Grief was established as a charitable organisation in 1994 by Dianne & Mal McKissock to address the needs of bereaved children and young people (3-18 years). The Centre is called, 'A Friend's Place' to minimise the likelihood of embarrassment or stigmatisation.
Kids Help Line:
www.kidshelp.com.au
Kids Help Line is Australia's only free, confidential and anonymous, telephone and online counselling service specifically for young people aged between 5 and 25.
BOOKS
Important Things Ebook - Click here to download (pdf file 1.6MB).
Open Leaves Book Shop:
www.openleaves.com.au
With over 30 years experience, Open Leaves has a reputation throughout Australia as the premier bookseller in areas of Counselling, Therapy and Grief.
Widowed too soon – Laura Hirsch
Widowed Too Soon combines grief and the healing aspects of after-death communication from the perspective of a young widow. This book offers hope for anyone looking for comfort and answers after the loss of a loved one.
Death and How to Survive It:
Kate Boydell
Kate Boydell was widowed at the age of 33. She felt that her life had lost its purpose and she wanted it to end. Kate draws on her own experience of bereavement to offer frank advice on coping with every aspect of the grieving process.
Healing Grief – James Van Praagh
James Van Praagh offers a new perspective on grief and personal loss. He draws on his own unique success to the world of sprit to show you how to move on from pain and grief to achieve inner peace. HEALING GRIEF shows you how to cope More...with losing a loved one and rebuild your life. The book explains that by confronting repressed feelings and anger you can bring about self-healing.
A Matter of Life & Death – Rachel Green: www.greenwidow.com
This book is the documentary of five bereaved pregnant women, five much loved husbands. It tells how the women found their own way through their bereavement and initial grief, what helped, what definitely didn’t, and a glimpse of life a few years later.
Coping with Grief – Mal McKissock and Dianne McKissock
The book describes normal grief, managing anniversaries and special dates, physical and emotional reactions, the funeral, gender differences in grief, children and grief, sexuality and grief, consequences of bereavement, support teams, self-help, and community education. It is a self-help manual that offers information that would be useful for those who are facing grief and those who work with them
When a Man Faces Grief / A Man You Know Is Grieving
-James E. Miller/ Thomas Golden
Two books in one. One half is for men who are grieving, with 12 helpful suggestions, each a chapter by itself. The other half is for those who want to understand and help men who are grieving, also in twelve short, helpful chapters.