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BOOKS & RESOURCES
Hospice of the Valley provides written materials to educate and assist you in the tasks of grief and mourning. To order the items listed below, visit our online store.
- Finding Your Way Through Grief: A Guide for the First Year, Second Edition by Marty M. Tousley, CNS-BC, FT - Bereavement Counselor at HOV. This is an informative guide to help survivors understand and cope with the feelings and experiences they’re likely to encounter in the first year following the death of their loved one.
- Helping Another In Grief, by Marty M. Tousley, CNS-BC, FT-Bereavement Counselor at HOV. This is a gentle and affirming guide to assisting others who are grieving, when we might not be sure what to say or what to do.
- Explaining The Funeral/Memorial Service to Your Children: by Marty M. Tousley, CNS-BC, FT-Bereavement Counselor at HOV. A helpful and insightful guide for the family unsure of how to best meet the child’s needs when a death has occurred and a memorial service is to take place. This booklet includes explaining a funeral, a viewing or wake, cremation and body donation and other sensitive topics.
- Grief and the Healing Process: Understanding Our Losses, by Steven D. Averill, M.Div., FT - Bereavement counselor at HOV. This is a curriculum designed for facilitators of grief support groups. The curriculum was designed to bring a more holistic and balanced approach to the group process in working with persons who have experienced loss. It is based on a new model of “Grief and the Healing Process.” The movements of healing are approached in the group process through storytelling, art, music, journal writing, imagery, talk therapy, and affirmations.
