Grief Resources | TRU Community Care
Grief Resources | TRU Community Care
Grief touches every person differently, and seeking support can feel overwhelming. TRU Community Care offers gentle, compassionate resources to help you understand grief and support yourself or others through it. These materials are designed to meet you where you are and can be used at home, in schools, or in community settings.
Grief Services Resources
TRU’s Grief Services Newsletters are available to you, your friends and your community at any time. We are thinking of you during your journey through grief. We reach out to our TRU family members by phone and with periodic mailings during the 13 months following the death of a loved one.
Recommended Reading on Child and Teen Grief
For Family and Friends
- Anticipatory Grief in Children
- How to Explain Death to Infants & Toddlers
- Supporting Children Ages 3-6 through Grief
- Supporting Children Ages 6-9 through Grief
- Supporting Teens Ages 12-18 through Grief
- Children and Funerals
- Explaining Cremation to Children
For School Personnel
- Supporting Grieving Kids and Teens: The Beginning of the School Year
- Supporting Grieving Kids and Teens: The End of the School Year
- Supporting Grieving Kids and Teens: Coping with the Holiday Season
Recommended Reading for Adults
Books
Grieving Mindfully: A Compassionate & Spiritual Guide to Coping with Loss by Sameet M. Kumar, Ph.D.
How To Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies by Terese Rando
Remembering with Love: Messages of Hope for the First Year of Grieving and Beyond by Elizabeth Levang
When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Rabbi Harold S. Kushner
How to Survive the Loss of a Loved One by Peter McWilliams, Harold Bloomfield, and Melba Colgrove
Grief and Loss
- Caring for Yourself During Grief
- Grief Counseling
- Special Days and Anniversaries
- Helping Someone Who is Grieving
- Condolence Letters
- Responding to People in Grief
- Ten Ways to Express Your Sympathy
Parent Loss
- Adult Loss of a Parent
- Helping Yourself Heal when a Parent Dies
Child Loss
- Helping Yourself Heal When a Child Dies
- Death of an Adult Child
Spouse Loss
- Helping Yourself Heal When Your Spouse Dies
Sibling Loss
- Adult Loss of a Sibling
Pet Loss
- Coping With the Death of Your Pet
Coping with the Holidays
- 3 C’s of Coping Through the Holidays
- Special Handling Please
- Holiday Journaling
- A Candlelight Memorial
- After the Holidays
- Coping with the Holidays Checklist
- Tips for Getting Through the Holidays
- Preparing for the Holidays
- How Will I Get Through the Holidays?
- Holiday Memorials