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Grief recovery for teens : letting go of painful emotions with body-based practices

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Lamia, Mary C. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association , 2017.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF575 G7 2017
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Author
Lamia, Mary C.
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Publication Date
2017
Subjects
Bereavement
Grief
Loss
Popular Work
ISBN
9781626258532
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF575 G7 2017
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Living with grief when illness is prolonged

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Washington, DC: Hospice Foundation of America , 1997.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF575 L785 1997 v.6
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
More Information
Editor
Doka, Kenneth J
Davidson, Joyce D
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
Hospice Foundation of America
Publication Date
1997
Physical Description
xii, 220 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Grief
Death
Loss
Popular Work
ISBN
9781560327035
1560327030
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF575 L785 1997 v.6

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Samantha Jane's missing smile : a story about coping with the loss of a parent

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Kaplow, Julie, Pincus, Donna, Spiegel, Beth. Washington, DC: Magination Press , 2007.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF575 C5 K17 2007
Availability
4 copies, 4 available
With the help of her mother and neighbor Mrs. Cooper, Samantha Jane is able to talk about how sad she is since her father died and to find ways to remember him, and then she begins to feel better.; Recommended for "Ages 4-8" on back cover.
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Author
Kaplow, Julie
Pincus, Donna
Spiegel, Beth
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
Magination Press
Publication Date
2007
Physical Description
ill. ; 26 cm.
Subjects
Death
Grief
Loss
Parent-Child Relations
Family Relations
Fictional Works
Juvenile Literature
Abstract
With the help of her mother and neighbor Mrs. Cooper, Samantha Jane is able to talk about how sad she is since her father died and to find ways to remember him, and then she begins to feel better.
Recommended for "Ages 4-8" on back cover.
ISBN
9781591478096
159147809X
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF575 C5 K17 2007

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Grief isn't something to get over : finding a home for memories and emotions after losing a loved one

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Lamia, Mary C. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association , 2022.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF575 G7 L231g 2022
Availability
4 copies, 4 available
More Information
Author
Lamia, Mary C.
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Publication Date
2022
Physical Description
x, 223 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects
Bereavement
Grief
Loss
Popular Work
ISBN
9781433837944
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF575 G7 L231g 2022

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Grieving is loving : compassionate words for bearing the unbearable

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Cacciatore, Joanne. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications , 2020.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF575 G7 C118 2020
Availability
2 copies, 1 available
More Information
Author
Cacciatore, Joanne
Place of Publication
Somerville, MA
Publisher
Wisdom Publications
Publication Date
2020
Physical Description
xvi, 112 pages ; 18 cm
Subjects
Bereavement
Grief
Loss
Popular Work
ISBN
9781614297017
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF575 G7 C118 2020

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Modern loss : candid conversation about grief : beginners welcome

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Soffer, Rebecca, Birkner, Gabrielle. New York, NY: Harper Wave , 2018.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF575 G7 S681c 2018
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
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Author
Soffer, Rebecca
Birkner, Gabrielle
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Harper Wave
Publication Date
2018
Physical Description
xxiii, 355 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects
Bereavement
Grief
Loss
Blogging
Popular Work
ISBN
9780062499189
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF575 G7 S681c 2018

Copies

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Grieving brain : the surprising science of how we learn from love and loss

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O'Connor, Mary-Frances. New York, NY: HarperOne , 2022.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF575 G7 O18g 2023
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
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Author
O'Connor, Mary-Frances
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
HarperOne
Publication Date
2022
Physical Description
xix, 236 p. ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Bereavement - psychology
Grief
Loss
Neuropsychology
Popular Work
ISBN
9780062946249
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF575 G7 O18g 2023

Copies

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Modern loss handbook : an interactive guide to moving through grief and building your resilience

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Soffer, Rebecca. Philadelphia, PA: Running Press , 2022.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF575 G7 S681m 2022
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
More Information
Author
Soffer, Rebecca
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, PA
Publisher
Running Press
Publication Date
2022
Physical Description
234 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Subjects
Bereavement
Grief - psychology
Loss
Popular Work
ISBN
9780762474813
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF575 G7 S681m 2022

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Healing our wounded hearts : a real life story about loss in the voice of a teenager

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Hahn, Olivia. [Victoria, BC]: Self publishing , [2023].
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF575 G7 H148h 2023
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
"Children and Teens are expected to grieve the same as adults. In fact there are similarities but our brains are not fully [developed] yet but we often have bigger and stronger emotions. My name is Olivia Hahn, I lost my mother to cancer when I was 15 and I am deeply grieving. This book is written …
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Author
Hahn, Olivia
Place of Publication
[Victoria, BC]
Publisher
Self publishing
Publication Date
[2023]
Physical Description
[111 unnumbered pages] : ill. ; 23 cm
Subjects
Grief
Loss
Love
Adolescent
Parental Death
Parent-Child Relations
Life Change Events
Neoplasms - psychology
Juvenile Literature
Personal Narratives
Popular Work
Abstract
"Children and Teens are expected to grieve the same as adults. In fact there are similarities but our brains are not fully [developed] yet but we often have bigger and stronger emotions. My name is Olivia Hahn, I lost my mother to cancer when I was 15 and I am deeply grieving. This book is written in the voice of a teenager as a teenager and is an account of finding my voice through all this loss" -- Back cover.
ISBN
9798385789801
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF575 G7 H148h 2023
Website Notes
This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

Copies

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Honoring the mystery : uplifting insights from the language, visions, and dreams of the dying

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Morningstar, Barbara. British Columbia: Barbara Morningstar , 2018.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF789 D4 M866 2018
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
"Heartfelt stories that explore the mystery of death." -back cover.
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Author
Morningstar, Barbara
Editor
Shoroplova, Nina
Place of Publication
British Columbia
Publisher
Barbara Morningstar
Publication Date
2018
Physical Description
97 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Hospice Care
Grief
Bereavement
Popular Work
Personal Narratives
Loss
Palliative Care
Terminal Care
Abstract
"Heartfelt stories that explore the mystery of death." -back cover.
Notes
This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.
ISBN
9781722966508
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF789 D4 M866 2018

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How to live when a loved one dies : healing meditations for grief and loss

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Nhat Hanh, Thich. Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press , 2021.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF789 D4 N576 2021
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
"In this book that offers relief to anyone moving though intense grief and loss, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh shares accessible, comforting words of wisdom on how to transform our suffering in the face of death"-- Provided by publisher
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Author
Nhat Hanh, Thich
Place of Publication
Berkeley, CA
Publisher
Parallax Press
Publication Date
2021
Physical Description
166 pages ; 18 cm
Subjects
Popular Work
Poetry
Grief
Loss
Bereavement
Abstract
"In this book that offers relief to anyone moving though intense grief and loss, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh shares accessible, comforting words of wisdom on how to transform our suffering in the face of death"-- Provided by publisher
Notes
This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.
ISBN
9781946764805
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF789 D4 N576 2021

Copies

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Heart of a champion : inspirational stories of people who have overcome many of life's challenging adversities

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Winnipeg, MB: Children's Programs , 2000.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WM171 H436 2000
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
More Information
Editor
Truthwaite, Rob
Place of Publication
Winnipeg, MB
Publisher
Children's Programs
Publication Date
2000
Subjects
Adaptation, Psychological - popular works
Social Adjustment - psychology
Disabled Persons
Chronic Disease - popular works
Child
Emotions
Motivation
Juvenile Literature
Personal Narratives
ISBN
1550567837
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WM171 H436 2000

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Living with grief : children, adolescents, and loss

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog13219
Hospice Foundation of America. Washington, DC: Hospice Foundation of America | Brunner/Mazel , 2000.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF575 L786d 2000
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Includes a theoretical overview, clinical approaches with children and adolescents, and special losses.
More Information
Corporate Author
Hospice Foundation of America
Editor
Doka, Kenneth J
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
Hospice Foundation of America
Brunner/Mazel
Publication Date
2000
Physical Description
vi, 336 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Grief
Loss
Death
Adolescent
Infant
Child
Popular Work
Abstract
Includes a theoretical overview, clinical approaches with children and adolescents, and special losses.
ISBN
1893349012 (pbk.)
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF575 L786d 2000

Copies

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Good grief rituals : tools for healing

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog6226
Childs-Gowell, Elaine. Barrytown, N.Y.: Station Hill Press , 1992.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF575 C537 1992
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Includes a section on Native American/First Nations beliefs, medicine wheel, and totme animal spiritis.
More Information
Author
Childs-Gowell, Elaine
Place of Publication
Barrytown, N.Y.
Publisher
Station Hill Press
Publication Date
1992
Physical Description
xi, 91 p. : ill. ; 17cm.
Subjects
Grief
Loss
First Nations
Popular Work
Abstract
Includes a section on Native American/First Nations beliefs, medicine wheel, and totme animal spiritis.
ISBN
0882681184
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF575 C537 1992

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Path through loss : a guide to writing your healing and growth

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Reeves, Nancy C. [Victoria, BC?]: Grieving Issues , 1999.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF575 R332p 1999
Availability
3 copies, 3 available
Each section is divided by an illustration to encourage centring and meditation. For those who do not wish to write, blank sections can be used for photographs, drawings, dried flowers, clippings etc.
More Information
Author
Reeves, Nancy C
Place of Publication
[Victoria, BC?]
Publisher
Grieving Issues
Publication Date
1999
Subjects
Grief
Loss
Popular Work
Abstract
Each section is divided by an illustration to encourage centring and meditation. For those who do not wish to write, blank sections can be used for photographs, drawings, dried flowers, clippings etc.
ISBN
0968484409
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF575 R332p 1999

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Invisible string

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Karst, Patrice. New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company , 2018.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WS350.7 C5 K18 2018
Availability
3 copies, 3 available
A child's picture book that provides a very simple lesson to help overcome the fear of loneliness or separation from parents.
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Author
Karst, Patrice
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Publication Date
2018
Physical Description
36 unnumbered pages : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Subjects
Anxiety, Separation - prevention & control
Loneliness
Loss
Child
Parent-Child Relations
Juvenile Literature
Pictorial Works
Popular Work
Abstract
A child's picture book that provides a very simple lesson to help overcome the fear of loneliness or separation from parents.
ISBN
9780316486231
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WS350.7 C5 K18 2018
Website Notes
This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Waiting for the whales

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McFarlane, Sheryl, Lightburn, Ron (ill.). [Victoria, BC?]: Orca Book Publishers , 1991.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF575 C5 M478 1991
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
More Information
Author
McFarlane, Sheryl
Lightburn, Ron (ill.)
Place of Publication
[Victoria, BC?]
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Publication Date
1991
Physical Description
32 unnumbered pages : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Death
Loss
Love
Grandparents
Child
Juvenile Literature
Pictorial Works
Popular Work
ISBN
9780920501962
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF575 C5 M478 1991

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Grief works : stories of life, death and surviving

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Samuel, Julia. [Toronto, ON]: Doubleday Canada , 2018.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF575 G7 S193 2018
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
More Information
Author
Samuel, Julia
Place of Publication
[Toronto, ON]
Publisher
Doubleday Canada
Publication Date
2018
Physical Description
xxi, 294 p. ; 21 cm.
Subjects
Grief
Loss
Bereavement
Attitude to Death
Adaptation, Psychological
Case Reports
Popular Work
Notes
Copies may differ by pub date, publisher and ISBN.
ISBN
9780385690867
9780385690881
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF575 G7 S193 2018
Website Notes
This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Dancing with the cranes

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Armstrong, Jeannette C. [British Columbia]: Theytus Books | Penticton Indian Band , 2013.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF575 C5 A735 2013
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
Chi's momma is soon to have a baby, but Chi' is having a hard time being happy about it. Chi' misses her Temma (Grandma), who has passed away. Chi's momma and daddy help ease the pain of losing her Temma and help her understand life and death as part of nature ... 'Dancing with the Cranes' give an …
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Alternate Title
Dancing with cranes
Author
Armstrong, Jeannette C.
Place of Publication
[British Columbia]
Publisher
Theytus Books
Penticton Indian Band
Publication Date
2013
Physical Description
23 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.
Subjects
First Nations
Grief
Loss
Child
Grandparents
Family
Adaptation, Psychological
Juvenile Literature
Popular Work
Abstract
Chi's momma is soon to have a baby, but Chi' is having a hard time being happy about it. Chi' misses her Temma (Grandma), who has passed away. Chi's momma and daddy help ease the pain of losing her Temma and help her understand life and death as part of nature ... 'Dancing with the Cranes' give an understanding of birth, life and death. - Back cover.
Ages: 6-11
ISBN
9781894778701
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Prince George Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF575 C5 A735 2013
Website Notes
This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Opening to grief : finding your way from loss to peace

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Willis, Claire B. Newburyport, MA: Dharma Spring , 2020.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF575 G7 W734 2020
Availability
3 copies, 3 available
"Opening to Grief is a companion for this tender time. With the demeanor and tone of a loving friend, the authors offer an invitation to grieve fully, to turn toward your emotions and experiences however they arrive, and to follow your own path toward healing....Because we love, we grieve. And when…
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Author
Willis, Claire B.
Place of Publication
Newburyport, MA
Publisher
Dharma Spring
Publication Date
2020
Physical Description
xviii, 123 p. ; 19 cm.
Subjects
Loss
Grief
Bereavement
Buddhism - psychology
Meditation
Popular Work
Abstract
"Opening to Grief is a companion for this tender time. With the demeanor and tone of a loving friend, the authors offer an invitation to grieve fully, to turn toward your emotions and experiences however they arrive, and to follow your own path toward healing....Because we love, we grieve. And when we fully feel our sorrow, we open to loving ourselves and other beings more deeply." - Provided by publisher.
Notes
Branch copies may differ by ISBN
ISBN
9781590035122
9781590035269
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF575 G7 W734 2020
Website Notes
Some copies were purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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