Grief is the word commonly used to refer to an individual’s or group’s shared experience following a loss. The experience of grief is not a momentary or singular phenomenon. Instead, it is a variable and somewhat predictable process of life.
Life has its ups and its downs, its highs and its lows. Different people handle different situations in a multitude of ways. No matter who you are, no matter what you are going through, you are not alone. There is always some to talk to, there is always a reason to go on.
Resources to Help
The UCC Library has a number of resources to help you understand and process what you are going through. Below you will find a listing of some of these resources (articles, books, eBooks, & films). You can access these digital materials by clicking on the links and logging in with your 800#. For physical resources, please visit us during regular library hours.
Suggested Resources
Art Therapy Has Many Faces: With Judith Aron Rubin. Produced by Judith Rubin, Psychotherapy.net, 2004. Kanopy, www.kanopy.com/en/umpqua/video/94838.
Volume 1: A Meaning-based Model (Grief Therapy Masterclass: Advanced Skills in Working through Loss). Produced by Psychotherapy.net, Films Media Group, 2023. Films On Demand, fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=238702&xtid=296271.
The Wellness Series: Coping with Loss - the Process of Mourning. Directed by Alan Chriest, TMW Media, 2020. Kanopy, www.kanopy.com/en/umpqua/video/10283948.
Grief & Wellness
Life has its ups and its downs, its highs and its lows. Different people handle different situations in a multitude of ways. No matter who you are, no matter what you are going through, you are not alone. There is always some to talk to, there is always a reason to go on.
Resources to Help
The UCC Library has a number of resources to help you understand and process what you are going through. Below you will find a listing of some of these resources (articles, books, eBooks, & films). You can access these digital materials by clicking on the links and logging in with your 800#. For physical resources, please visit us during regular library hours.
Suggested Resources
Art Therapy Has Many Faces: With Judith Aron Rubin. Produced by Judith Rubin, Psychotherapy.net, 2004. Kanopy, www.kanopy.com/en/umpqua/video/94838.
Bovens, Luc. Coping: A Philosophical Guide. Open Book, 2021. eBook Open Access (OA) Collection, research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=a461f73e-6607-3e5a-bcf6-ba3d16cf1693.
Crowley, David. Time to Grieve: Daily Devotional Essays. CreateSpace, 2013.
Doka, Kenneth J. Living with Grief: Before and after the Death. Hospice Foundation of America, 2007.
Fisher, Shelley, and Jennifer Jones, editors. Breaking Sad: What to Say after Loss, What Not to Say, and When to Just Show up. She Writes Press, 2017. research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=711fdf03-975b-3f5d-900d-3ec99a34640a.
Frydenberg, Erica. Coping in Good Times and Bad: Developing Fortitude. Melbourne University, 2022. eBook Academic Collection, research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=5ca5f615-65cf-3ddf-a86e-b5db353022eb.
Guide to Grief and Healing: What Is Grief. Produced by Injoy Productions, Films Media Group, 2018. Films On Demand, fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=238702&xtid=284827.
Hooyman, Nancy R., et al. Living through Loss: Interventions across the Life Span. 2nd ed., Columbia University Press, 2021. eBook Academic Collection, research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=28c84eac-41ef-3b03-b636-6de4264311dc.
How Your Brain Copes with Grief. Produced by John Medina, The Great Courses, 2014. Kanopy, www.kanopy.com/en/umpqua/video/5733551.
Powers, Susan. Ruthless Grieving: The Journey to Acceptance and beyond. Mystic Mermaid Publishing, 2015.
Prest, Layne A. "Grief and Guilt." Salem Press Encyclopedia of Health, Salem Press, 2024. Research Starters, research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=32798043-291b-36c4-b380-8d4e56883774.
Renzenbrink, Irene. An Expressive Arts Approach to Healing Loss and Grief: Working across the Spectrum of Loss with Individuals and Communities. Jessica Kingsley, 2021. eBook Academic Collection, research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=249a17fc-6413-35ce-8854-6886d6889258.
Reynolds, Charles F., III, et al. Grief and Prolonged Grief Disorder. American Psychiatric Association, 2023. eBook Academic Collection, research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=80212623-a8bf-3f53-a261-ae1563871a61.
Volume 1: A Meaning-based Model (Grief Therapy Masterclass: Advanced Skills in Working through Loss). Produced by Psychotherapy.net, Films Media Group, 2023. Films On Demand, fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=238702&xtid=296271.
The Wellness Series: Coping with Loss - the Process of Mourning. Directed by Alan Chriest, TMW Media, 2020. Kanopy, www.kanopy.com/en/umpqua/video/10283948.
Yalom, Irvin, and Marilyn Yalom. A Matter of Death and Life. Redwood Press, 2021. eBook Academic Collection, research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=f8fa8435-2c71-344d-bcf3-b2dbc0d225cb.
For further readings, see this section of the Douglas County Resource Guide.
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