Companion Press: 72 books
The Mourner's Book of Courage
30 Days of Encouragement
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Written for those times in grief when the strength to do the hard and necessary work of mourning is waning, this book contains inspiring words about finding the courage deep within to embrace the pain and go on living. Presented in a one-reading-a-day-for-a-month format, it features compassionate...
by Alan D. Wolfelt, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
Addressing the inevitable grief that accompanies the loss of a loved one, this encouraging and supportive reference provides comfort in the midst of overwhelming sadness. Preventing mourners from becoming tangled in a web of despair, this guide shows how the smallest amount of hope can be nurtured...
Healing Your Holiday Grief
100 Practical Ideas for Blending Mourning and Celebration During the Holiday Season
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005
With compassionate insight, this handbook helps those in mourning through what can be the hardest time of year—the holiday season. Mourners will better understand their complex emotions after reading about such topics as honoring thoughts and feelings, creating new traditions, finding ways to de-stress,...
Healing the Adult Child's Grieving Heart
100 Practical Ideas After Your Parent Dies
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
Offering heartfelt and simple advice, this book provides realistic suggestions and relief for an adult child whose parent has died. Practical advice is presented in a one-topic-per-page format that does not overwhelm with psychological language, but provides small, immediate ways to understand and...
Helping People with Developmental Disabilities Mourn
Practical Rituals for Caregivers
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Frequently, people with developmental disabilities are excluded from bereavement ceremonies when a loved one or friend dies, therefore not receiving the special care needed for comprehending their own feelings of loss. Focusing on creating mourning rituals for special needs people, this guide offers...
Healing Your Traumatized Heart
100 Practical Ideas After Someone You Love Dies a Sudden, Violent Death
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
Dealing with grief in a practical manner, this guide offers compassionate tips for those affected by a traumatic death. Included are topics such as coping with family stress, expressing feelings of hurt and anger, dealing with hurtful comments, and exploring feelings of guilt. Each of the 100 suggestions...
Healing a Teen's Grieving Heart
100 Practical Ideas for Families, Friends and Caregivers
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2001
A compassionate resource for friends, parents, relatives, teachers, volunteers, and caregivers, this series offers suggestions to help the grieving cope with the loss of a loved one. Often people do not know what to say-or what not to say-to someone they know who is mourning; this series teaches that...
Companioning the Grieving Child
A Soulful Guide for Caregivers
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
Renowned author and educator Alan Wolfelt redefines the role of the grief counselor in this guide for caregivers to grieving children. Providing a viable alternative to the limitations of the medical establishment’s model for companioning the bereaved, Wolfelt encourages counselors and other caregivers...
Caring for Donor Families
Before, During and After
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Integrating vital information on the dynamics of the donation experience and grief education, this revised second edition provides an invaluable resource for hospital and organ procurement caregivers. Going beyond helping professionals understand the challenges of obtaining consent, this guide invites...
The Mourner's Book of Faith
30 Days of Enlightenment
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Experiencing the death of a loved one can often lead to questioning or abandoning one’s spirituality, yet in this compassionate book, Dr. Alan Wolfelt explains that the essential need to mourn and question the meaning of life and death is not inconsistent with faith but instead is a reflection of...
Healing Your Grieving Soul
100 Spiritual Practices for Mourners
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Following a helpful introduction about the role of spirituality in grief, this practical mourning guide suggests activities based on meditation, prayer, yoga, and contemplative solitude to help with feelings of despair. For mourners who suffer from anxiety, breathing exercises are recommended, and...
The Paradoxes of Mourning
Healing Your Grief with Three Forgotten Truths
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
When it comes to healing after the death of someone loved, our culture has it all wrong. We’re told to be strong when what we really need is to be vulnerable. We’re told to think positive when what we really need is to wallow in the pain. And we’re told to seek closure when what we really need...
Creating Meaningful Funeral Experiences
A Guide for Caregivers
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003
Written in response to the current trend to deritualize death and funeral ceremonies, this book explores the ways in which caregivers and clergy can create heartfelt ceremonies that help the bereaved begin to heal. Explaining the purposes behind rituals, it reviews the many ways these have changed...
by Alan D. Wolfelt, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1999
Designed to complement the clergy and funeral director’s role in the funeral planning process, this book walks families through the many decisions they will make at the time of a death and helps them create a ceremony that will be both healing and meaningful. Options are clearly explained and alternatives...