Recommended Reading
A collection of works to help you HEAL your heart
We have selected the books listed here for you. You will find books that cater to all age groups and backgrounds as well as professional and educational works.
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Coping with Sorrow on the Loss of Your Pet
Coping with Sorrow on the Loss of Your Pet is a compassionate, comprehensive guide to help you deal with the...
Pet Loss & Bereavement, Professionals
Moira Allen

Coping with Stress and Burnout as a Veterinarian: An Evidence-Based...
The suicide rate for veterinarians is almost four times higher than the general population across the UK, Australia, US, New...
Pet Loss & Bereavement, Professionals
Nadine Hamilton

Crossing the Rubicon: Celebrating the Human-Animal Bond in Life and...
A gentle, helpful guide to surviving losing a loved animal companion. The interviews with experts, vets and shared wisdom from...
Adult, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Professionals
Julie A. Kaufman

Death, Society, and Human Experience, 10th edition
This landmark text on the sociology of death and dying draws on contributions from the social and behavioral sciences as...
Adult, Educational, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Professionals
Robert J. Kastenbaum

Grief and Loss: Theories and Skills for the Helping Professions
Grief and Loss: Theories and Skills for the Helping Professions, 2/e, allows readers to see how essential theories and skills will...
Adult, Educational, Guide, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Professionals
Katherine Walsh

Healing the Pain of Pet Loss: Letters in Memoriam
This book is a collection of inspiring and often heart-wrenching letters written to the author about their own experiences with...
Adult, Educational, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Professionals
Kymberly Smith

In-Home Pet Euthanasia Techniques: The Veterinarian’s Guide to Helping Families...
I originally created this book to train my own doctors on the intricacies of in-home euthanasia. Within the first year...
Adult, Educational, Illustrated, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Professionals
Dr Kathleen A Cooney DVM

Made for Each Other: The Biology of the Human-Animal Bond
Nothing turns a baby's head more quickly than the sight or sound of an animal. This fascination is driven by...
Adult, Educational, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Professionals
Meg Daley Olmert

Pet Loss & Human Emotion
This updated edition of Pet Loss and Human Emotion is a step-by-step guide to leading clients through this special kind of grief....
Adult, Educational, Guide, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Professionals
Cheri Barton Ross

Pet Loss and Children: Establishing a Healthy Foundation
Explaining the concept of death to a child is a very difficult, confusing, and uncomfortable experience for a parent, educator,...
Adult, Educational, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Professionals
Cheri Barton Ross

Pet Loss and Human Bereavement
Describes the grieving process that occurs when people lose pets and suggests ways of helping individuals to cope.
All Ages, Educational, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Professionals, Self-Help

The Grief Recovery Handbook, 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition: The Action...
Updated to commemorate its 20th anniversary, this classic resource further explores the effects of grief and sheds new light on...
Adult, Guide, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Professionals
John W. James

The Human-Animal Bond and Grief
This text integrates theory, emprical research, clinical experience, and principles of application into a step-by-step approach to human-animal bond based...
Adult, Educational, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Professionals
Laurel Lagoni, Carolyn Butler

The Loss of a Pet: A Guide to Coping with...
Understanding helps heal the hurt when you lose a pet. This award-winning book has been hailed as the seminal work...
All Ages, Educational, Great Gift, Guide, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Professionals, Self-Help
Wallace Sife Ph.D.

The Psychology of the Human-Animal Bond: A Resource for Clinicians...
There have been dramatic increases in the financial, emotional, and psychological investment in pets over the past four decades. The...
Adult, Educational, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Professionals
Christopher Blazina, Guler Boyraz, David Shen-Miller