Death Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. Techniques of Grief Therapy

   Creative Practices for Counseling the Bereaved

   Edited by Robert A. Neimeyer

   Series: Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement

   Techniques of Grief Therapy is an indispensable guidebook to the most inventive and inspirational interventions in grief and bereavement counseling and therapy. Individually, each technique emphasizes creativity and practicality. As a whole, they capture the richness of practices in the field and...

   Published April 11th 2012 by Routledge
2. Borrowed Narratives

   Using Biographical and Historical Grief Narratives With the Bereaving

   By Harold Ivan Smith

   What do Dexter King, Condoleeza Rice, Mackenzie King, Corazon Aquino, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bill Cosby, Tony Dungy, Theodore Roosevelt, George H. W. and Barbara Bush, Caroline Kennedy, Arthur Ashe, Lady Bird Johnson, Colin Powell and C. S. Lewis have in common? They all have significant grief...

   Published March 6th 2012 by Routledge
3. The Compassion Fatigue Workbook

   Creative Tools for Transforming Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Traumatization

   By Françoise Mathieu

   Series: Routledge Psychosocial Stress Series

   The Compassion Fatigue Workbook is a lifeline for any helping professional facing the physical and emotional exhaustion that can shadow work in the helping professions. Since 2001 the activities in this Workbook have helped thousands of helpers in the fields of healthcare, community mental health,...

   Published December 19th 2011 by Routledge
4. Working With the Bereaved

   Multiple Lenses on Loss and Mourning

   By Simon Shimshon Rubin, Ruth Malkinson, Eliezer Witztum

   Series: Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement

   Working With the Bereaved summarizes the major themes in bereavement research and clinical work and uses the authors’ own cutting-edge research to show mental-health practitioners how to integrate these themes into their practice. It provides clinicians with a framework for exploring their own...

   Published October 26th 2011 by Routledge
5. Dealing with Disaster in Japan

   Responses to the Flight JL123 Crash

   By Christopher Hood

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   Just as the sinking of the Titanic is embedded in the public consciousness in the English-speaking world, so the crash of JAL flight JL123 is part of the Japanese collective memory. The 1985 crash involved the largest loss of life for any single air crash in the world. 520 people, many of whom had...

   Published September 11th 2011 by Routledge
6. Grief, Loss and Bereavement

   Evidence and Practice for Health and Social Care Practitioners

   Edited by Peter Wimpenny, John Costello

   Dealing with the social experience of grief, loss and bereavement are challenging areas for everyone, including health and social care practitioners who are often well placed to offer help and support to the bereaved. This book draws together a comprehensive range of worldwide evidence for...

   Published September 1st 2011 by Routledge
7. Helping Grieving People – When Tears Are Not Enough

   A Handbook for Care Providers, 2nd Edition

   By J. Shep Jeffreys

   Series: Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement

   Helping Grieving People – When Tears Are Not Enough is a handbook for care providers who provide service, support and counseling to those grieving death, illness, and other losses. This book is also an excellent text for academic courses as well as for staff development training. The author...

   Published April 25th 2011 by Routledge
8. Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society

   Bridging Research and Practice

   Edited by Robert A. Neimeyer, Darcy L. Harris, Howard R. Winokuer, Gordon F. Thornton

   Series: Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement

   Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society is an authoritative guide to the study of and work with major themes in bereavement. Its chapters synthesize the best of research-based conceptualization and clinical wisdom across 30 of the most important topics in the field, including the...

   Published April 21st 2011 by Routledge
9. Grief After Suicide

   Understanding the Consequences and Caring for the Survivors

   Edited by John R. Jordan, John L. McIntosh

   Series: Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement

   There are over 30,000 suicide deaths each year in the United States alone, and the numbers in other countries suggest that suicide as a cause of death will be around for the foreseeable future. A suicide leaves behind more victims than just the individual, as family, friends,...

   Published October 12th 2010 by Routledge
10. Parenting After the Death of a Child

    A Practitioner's Guide

    By Jennifer L. Buckle, Stephen J. Fleming

    Series: Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement

    The death of a child has a tremendous and overwhelming impact on parents and siblings, completely altering the psychological landscape of the family. In the aftermath of such a tragedy, parents face the challenge of not only dealing with their own grief, but also that of their surviving children....

    Published August 11th 2010 by Routledge