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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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 how to begin to take effective actions to complete the grieving process and work towards recovery and happiness. Incomplete recovery...
Adult, Guide, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Professionals
John W. James
The Healing Power of Pets: Harnessing the Amazing Ability of...
From Dr. Marty Becker, co-author of the bestsellers Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul and Chicken Soup for the Cat and Dog Lover's Soul comes a ground-breaking new book that reveals the stirring stories and medical miracles behind the healing power of pets....
Adult, Guide, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Self-Help, Teen
Marty Becker
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 client relations. The book provides veterinary professionals with the knowledge, skills, terminology and methodologies to help human clients cope with...
Adult, Educational, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Professionals
Laurel Lagoni, Carolyn Butler
The Most Painful Choice: A Dog Owner’s Story of Behavioral...
When Champ, a German Shepherd, was adopted from a local breed rescue, his family hoped and expected to spend many fun-filled years with him. However, Champ suffered physically and mentally from neglect and trauma from his first years of life....
Adult, Dog Lovers, Euthanasia, Pet Loss & Bereavement
Beth Miller
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 increasing importance of animal companions in people's lives has resulted in growing emphasis on the human-animal bond within academic literature....
Adult, Educational, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Professionals
Christopher Blazina, Guler Boyraz, David Shen-Miller
Three Cats, Two Dogs: One Journey Through Multiple Pet Loss
David Congalton and his wife survived every pet lover's worst nightmare - sudden, multiple pet loss. Frankly and tenderly, Congalton chronicles their recovery from the deaths of five beloved animal companions in a house fire. He mixes personal anecdotes with...
Adult, Guide, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Self-Help
David Congalton
When Children Grieve: For Adults to Help Children Deal with...
The first―and definitive―guide to helping children really deal with loss from the authors of the The Grief Recovery Handbook Following deaths, divorces, or the confusion of major relocation, many adults tell their children “don’t feel bad.” In fact, say the authors...
Adult, Children, Educational, Family, Guide, Pet Loss & Bereavement
John W. James
When Pets Come Between Partners: How to Keep Love –...
How to Keep Love—And Romance—In the Human/Animal Kingdom of Your Home When you're fighting about the dog, is it really about your in-laws? When your boyfriend says, It's either me or the cat," isn't there a way you can keep...
Adult, Guide, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Self-Help
Joel Gavriele-Gold
When Your Pet Dies
Affirming a pet owner's struggle with grief when his or her pet dies, this book helps mourners understand why their feelings are so strong and helps them overcome the loss. Included are practical suggestions for mourning and ideas for remembering...
Adult, Guide, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Self-Help, Young Adult
Alan D Wolfelt PhD