Ottawa Grief - Grief Ottawa
Learning to Grieve.
Grief is an experience unlike any other. While most people learn how to deal with other emotions felt, because grief is so personal and different every time you experience it, it’s hard to know how you should be feeling and how to react. Please use these resources written by Dr. Alan D. Wolfelt, an internationally noted authour, educator, and grief counsellor. They won’t give you all of the answers you’re looking for, but they will help you understand and get through your grief journey.
Grief: General
Helping Yourself with Grief
- Helping Yourself Heal When Someone Dies
- Helping Yourself Heal When Your Child Dies
- Helping Yourself Heal When Your Spouse Dies
- Helping Yourself Heal When a Parent Dies
- Helping Yourself When a Baby Dies
- Helping Yourself Heal During the Holiday Season
- Helping Dispel 5 Common Myths About Grief
- Helping Yourself Live When You Are Seriously Ill
- Helping Yourself Live When You Are Dying
Helping Others with Grief
- Helping a Friend in Grief
- Helping a Man Who is Grieving
- Helping a Friend Who is Dying
- Helping a Friend Who is Seriously Ill
- Helping a Suicide Survivor Heal
- Helping a Homicide Survivor Heal
- Helping a Grandparent Who Is Grieving
- Helping a Grieving Friend in the Workplace
- Helping AIDS Survivors Heal
- Helping SIDS Survivors Heal
- Helping Your Family When a Member is Dying
- Helping Your Family When a Member is Seriously Ill
- Helping Your Family Cope When a Pet Dies
- Helping Your Family Decide if Organ and Tissue Donation is Right for You
Funerals, Memorials, Cremation and Related Topics
- Helping Your Family Personalize the Funeral
- Helping Create a Meaningful Eulogy
- Ten Freedoms for Creating a Meaningful Funeral
- Why is the Funeral Ritual Important?
For Hospices and Other Caregivers
- Companioning the Bereaved: An Introduction
- Tenet 1: Companioning Principle
- Tenet 2: Companioning Principle
- The Awesome Power of "Telling The Story": Why I'm Proud to be a Grief Counselor
- Caregiver as Gardener: A Parable
- Companioning vs. Treating: Beyond The Medical Model of Bereavement Caregiving
- Growing Through Grief: The Role of Support Groups
- Responding to Problems in the Support Group Setting
- The Bereavement Caregiver's Self-Care Guidelines
Links to Bereavement Resources
- www.griefsupportottawa.ca
- Bereaved Families of Ontario
- Genesis Bereavement Resources
- OntPerinatal Bereavement Services Ontario
- The Centre for the Grief Journey
- http://www.sesameworkshop.org/grief
- www.opentohope.com
Links to Local Palliative Care Services
