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	The Sitting Swing The Sitting Swing shows us how guilt, fear and ignorance are borne by our children. Two distinct parts of the book look at an abusive child rearing and the process of recovery that takes place years later. On many levels this is a classic story showing us that change, growth, forgiveness and recove...		$20.95 CDN
	Allies in Healing When the Person You Love Was Sexually Abused as a Child Based on in-depth interviews and workshops for partners, this book offers practical advice and encouragement to all partners trying to support the survivors in their lives while tending to their own needs. 337 pages Laura Davis...		$24.95 CDN
	Bridging Responses A Front-Line Worker''s Guide to Supporting Women Who Have Post-Traumatic StressMany women who seek help from frontline services have experienced past violence and trauma. Often they do not recognize that many of their difficulties might be associated with responses to complex post-traumatic s...		$5.95 CDN
	Women, Abuse and Trauma Therapy An Information Guide for Women and their Families by Lori Haskell, EDD, C.Psych. This guide gives information about the therapeutic process and what to expect from one-on-one trauma therapy. This information helps women feel more confident about seeking help and to help women gain control ove...		$5.95 CDN
	Waving Goodbye An Activities Manual/Workbook Published by The Dougy Centre for Grieving Children This manual was produced to address the needs of children and teens who are grieving and to help them to work through the healing process.		$49.95 CDN
	What to do When the Police Leave A Guide to the First Days of Traumatic Loss What to do when the Police Leave is filled with simple, frank, and useful advice vital to caregivers and families suffering a traumatic loss. This book is a victim''s voice speaking to victims offering hope in the face of helplessness. The au...		$15.95 CDN
	Let Me Decide The Health and Personal Care Directive that Speaks for You When You Can''t Let Me Decide contains a health care directive that lets you plan your own future health and personal care in advance. It gives each individual the opportunity to choose different levels of treatment accordin...		$10.00 CDN
	A House Divided Caregiver Stress and Abuse of the Elderly. Through four moving portraits, A House Divided sheds light on the tragedy of caregiver stress and elder abuse. The abuse takes many forms, ranging from wilful neglect and financial exploitation to physical assault. With great sensitivity, this...		$39.95 CDN
	Capacity to Decide Capacity to Decide is a comprehensive book for health care providers which describes a new six step capacity assessment that measures decision-specific capacity, with clear instructions on its use. This book describes how this assessment process can be applied to measure capacity for: * Will...		$23.95 CDN
	Where is Robert? This book is designed to help you as a parent or friend, help a child cope with death. As the child works through Where is Robert? they will recognize their feelings of grief in the characters. Where Is Robert? allows the child to express themselves by creating a special memory journa...		$18.95 CDN
	Death Turns Allie's Family Upside Down Have you ever wanted a book that would help you discuss the topic of death with your child? What happens during the first few days following the death of a loved one? Join Allie the cat as she watches her family begin to cope with the death of Grandma Jennie. Follow Allie and her family as they hear...		$11.95 CDN
	A Guide for the Bereaved Survivor A List of Reactions, Suggestions and Steps for Coping with Grief This book is for people like you who are thrust into a painful situation and may not be fully aware of the effects of such a devastating event. The authors believe that informing you about the reactions that you may experience, ...		$9.95 CDN
	A Guide to Understanding Guilt during Bereavement Guilt is hiding in the grief closets of many bereaved people. The purpose of this booklet is to open the door and air it out.This book covers Guilt Behaviors which may be Obsessions, Guilt Statements, Inflexible Rituals and others. Types of guilt such as If-Only, Survival, Death Causation and others...		$7.95 CDN
	Understanding Anger During Bereavement Anger is a normal response to loss. This book gives insight into anger in general and your own anger reactions in particular. Some topics discussed: *What is Anger *Anger Insight Survey *The Best Action plan for Anger *Suggestions for Coping with Anger The important message throughout this book is ...		$10.95 CDN
	Caring For Your Parents in Their Senior Years This sensitive and compassionate book teaches adult children how to ensure that their parents have a happy and comfortable old age. Caring For Your Parents is both readable and useful and expands on the concepts discussed in What Are We Going To Do Now? (258 pages) D. William Mollo...		$14.95 CDN
	Alzheimer's Disease In this book, Dr. William Molloy and Dr. Paul Caldwell draw from their extensive experience in geriatrics and family medicine to discuss every aspect of Alzheimer’s Disease. Topics include: *what Alzheimer’s does to the brain *distinguishing Alzheimer’s from normal aging *coping with anger, d...		$19.95 CDN
	Widow To Widow Thoughtful, Practical Ideas for Rebuilding Your Life by Genevieve Davis Gensburg, M.S. Ms. Ginsburg has written the most useful, practical and compassionate guide to surviving widowhood. This is a must reading for widows and also for their family and friends. This book will equip you with th...		$22.50 CDN
	Coping With Traumatic Death: Homicide This book is designed to help those that are dealing with the aftermath of homicide. This includes survivors, family members, clergy, care givers and health care professionals. (49 pg) Authors: Bob Baugher PH.D., Lew Cox, Victim Advocate		$10.95 CDN
	Overcoming Adversity In May of 1967, Captain Charles Plumb was shot down outside of Hanoi. He spent the next five years and nine months undergoing torturous treatment at the hands of his captors. During his captivity he distinguished himself as a professional in underground communications and served as the POW Chaplain ...		$84.95 CDN
	Wellness Workshop CDRom Wellness Workshop CDRom A new user friendly, cost-effective interactive intervention for learning stress management skills **Sole Canadian Distributer** Developed by psychologists with extensive experience in research and clinical practice. Use in conjunction with Employee Assis...		$39.95 CDN Regular Price: $64.95 CDN
	When Helping Hurts: Sustaining Trauma Workers This video was produced for trauma workers, international relief workers and those exposed to trauma due to their professions or volunteer work. It outlines the symptoms of Secondary Traumatization and Compassion Fatigue and what organizations and supervisors can do to prevent or reduce its effects ...		$79.95 CDN
	When Helping Hurts: Sustaining Trauma Workers Short version, useful for educational trainings and the classroom. (15 min.) Produced by: Gift From Within VHS or DVD		$35.95 CDN
	PTSD in Children: Move in the Rhythm of the Child The third in a series of DVD''s. It explains the circumstances, symptoms and therapy techniques for childhood Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The video features five noted PTSD specialists: Dr. Kathleen Nader, D.S.W., Erwin R. Parson, Ph.D, Angie Panos, L.C.S.W., M.F.T., Carl C. Bell, M.D. and Frank...		$44.95 CDN
	No Time For Goodbyes Coping with Sorrow, Anger and Injustice After a Tragic Death The author gives hope and useful suggestions to survivors grieving for a loved one killed. Tears will come to your eyes while reading the comments of survivors, but their courageous recoveries from devastating tragedies will inspire...		$16.95 CDN
	Straight Talk About Death For Teenagers How To Cope with Losing Someone You Love If you are a teenager, whose friend or relative has died, this book was written for you. Earl A. Grollman, the award winning author explains what to expect when you lose someone you love. He discusses: *normal reactions to the shock of death, including...		$18.00 CDN
	After Suicide Loss Coping with Your Grief Someone you know or love--a family member, a friend, a colleague at work--has died from suicide. This booklet was written to help you understand some of what you may experience during the next several months. It is not intended to tell you how to feel or what to do. Yo...		$12.95 CDN
	Living When A Young Friend Commits Suicide This book talks about things like the first day after death, what you may feel, popular misconceptions and returning to school. It is straightforward and compassionate. Earl Grollman Published by Centering Corporation		$19.25 CDN
	Suicide: Prevention, Intervention and Postvention This book provides information on suicide statistics and gives advice on how to recognize the warning signs, how to intervene, and how to comfort families and friends who have lost a loved one to suicide. Earl Grollman Published by Centering Corporation		$23.95 CDN
	We were gonna have a baby, but We had an angel instead. Even as you grieve because of the death of your baby, you will also need to help your children confront and manage their own grief over the loss of a sibling. Reading this book with your children can be one way of beginning this process. By Pat Schwiebert		$11.95 CDN
	Handbook for Human Services Response A Practical Approach for Helping People Carolyn V. Coarsey, Ph.D. is President and Owner of Higher Resources, Incorported whose motto is Connecting People with Hope. Her training models and videos for training front-line helpers are used throughout the world. In this book she writes about ...		$25.95 CDN
	35 Ways to Help a Grieving Child If you know a child who has experienced the death of a parent, caregiver, sibling, grandparent or friend, you may have wondered how to support them. This guidebook presents simple, practical suggestions drawn from the experience of other children and teens about what works and what doesn’t. Learn wh...		$13.95 CDN
	Helping Children Cope with Death This book offers a comprehensive, easy-to-read overview of issues facing grieving children and strategies to support them. Helping Children Cope explains how children understand death, how to talk to children about death, grief and other difficult topics, how to know when you need professional help ...		$13.95 CDN
	What About the Kids? Understanding Their Needs in Funeral Planning & Services Should children be allowed to attend a funeral? This guidebook helps parents and caregivers answer difficult questions and support their children and teens before, during and after a funeral or memorial service. Learn how to speak with ...		$13.95 CDN
	Working With Traumatized Police Officers Written by Daniel M. Rudofossi PH.D Working with Traumatized Police Officer-Patients presents the first book of its kind to not only understand Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in officers, but also to offer clinicians a guide to complex PTSD syndrome in officers and public safety profes...		$54.95 CDN
	Helping Teens Cope with Death Adolescence is a period of profound changes. When a teen encounters a death, the natural turmoil that comes with being an adolescent is compounded. You will learn how death uniquely impacts teenagers and what you can do to help. This practical guide explains grief responses of teenagers, specific ch...		$13.95 CDN
	Freedom To Choose Written by George Burnell Freedom to Choose: How to Make End-of-Life Decisions on Your Own Terms Dr. Burnell brings a perspective borne of many years of listening carefully to the concerns of patients who deeply crave a measure of control over their final days. The wisdom this listening brou...		$48.95 CDN
	Accepting the Ashes Written by Quynn Elizabeth Accepting the Ashes is a daughter''s look at Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.It is written in the year of her father''s death. Quynn Elizabeth shares her personal story so that other veterans and their loved ones might not have to wait 30 years to heal their p...		$14.50 CDN
	Fire In My Heart, Ice In My Veins A journal for teenagers experiencing a loss. Teens can write letters, copy down meaningful lyrics, write songs and poems, tell the person who died what they want them to know, finish business and use their creativity to work through the grieving process. (64 pages) Enid Samuel Traisman, M....		$11.50 CDN
	A Teenager's Book About Suicide Helping break the silence and preventing death A workbook that includes information about the difficult teenage years, facts and myths about suicide, danger signals, emotional and behavioral changes, what you can do to help, and breaking the silence. Earl Grollman and Joy Johnson...		$7.95 CDN
	Molly's Mom Died Parenting: Early Reader 8 - 10 This picture book has gentle illustrations and reassuring text to help young children understand the grief process. The author uses descriptive language that would appeal to a grieving child. The book validates both the negative and positive feelings and the behaviours...		$7.95 CDN
	When Someone Very Special Dies The Drawing Out Series affirms that children can learn to cope with loss and change. Children are given the opportunity to work out their emotions during difficult times while learning to recognize acceptable behavior. Self-esteem increases as the child develops coping skills for loss and cha...		$11.50 CDN
	Suicide By Cop Written by Mark Lindsay and David Lester Suicide by Cop: Committing Suicide by Provoking Police to Shoot You Suicide by Cop provides many snapshots; not only the general of the profile, but the unique in suicide by cop. Many in the field will find the book, in fact, practically helpful. Not a...		$48.95 CDN
	When Something Terrible Happens The Drawing Out Series affirms that children can learn to cope with loss and change. Children are given the opportunity to work out their emotions during difficult times while learning to recognize acceptable behavior. Self-esteem increases as the child develops coping skills for loss and cha...		$11.50 CDN
	Sam's Dad Died Parenting: Early Reader 8 - 10 This picture book has gentle illustrations and reassuring text to help young children understand the grief process. The author uses descriptive language that would appeal to a grieving child. The book validates both the negative and positive feelings and the behavio...		$11.50 CDN
	Suicide Survivors' Handbook A Guide for the Bereaved and Those Who Wish to Help Them. Deals with the question WHY, the shame and guilt, and the anger associated with losing a loved one. Not only should every suicide survivor have this book, but friends and professionals as well. Trudy Carlson		$26.50 CDN
	But I Didn''t Say Goodbye For parents and professionals helping child suicide survivors. A needed book for caregivers, this book has personal stories, questions and answers, and intervention strategies, plus up-to-date resources. Includes a worksheet with helpful discussion questions. Barbara Rubel Published by Gri...		$21.95 CDN
	I Am A Survivor Video For caregivers working with families whose loved one completed suicide. Heart-to-heart conversations from others who have experienced the loss of a loved one from suicide. Excellent for those who want to better understand the grief and loss of suicide. (30 min.)		$48.50 CDN
	Homicide Survivors Written by Judie A Bucholz Homicide Survivors: Misunderstood Grievers is a death, value & meaning series. Dr. Judie Bucholz''s personal experience as a survivor of homicide, her rigorous training as a social scientist, and her unbelievable courage in the face of crushing circumstances ...		$45.95 CDN
	Death Without Notice Written by Sandra Helene Straub When someone you love dies, you wonder if you will survive. Pain and fear washes over you in waves. You feel that you cannot possibly bear it. The death of a loved family member or friend brings a flood of feelings - sorrow, loneliness, abandonment, anger, and ...		$52.95 CDN
	The Art of Being a Healing Presence By James E. Miller with Susan C. Cutshall A Guide for Those in Caring Relationships. Learn how to make a difference in the lives of others by being present in a way that is healing, nurturing, and potentially transforming. Discover what''s natural and surprising about this process including ...		$10.25 CDN
	The Art of Listening in a Healing Way By James E. Miller Choosing to listen is one of the most caring, affirming gifts you can offer another. By relating to the one who is speaking as a whole person, you can be in touch at a very deep level. This book reveals the art of being a healing listener.		$10.25 CDN
	Swallowed by a Snake - The Gift of the Masculine Side of Healing By Thomas R. Golden This is a book for men or women about the masculine side of healing from loss. It will help you move through the pain and into a place of healing and transformation.		$17.95 CDN
	And The Passenger Was Death Written by Douglas Daher On June 19, 1999, at 3:00 a.m., Dr. Douglas Daher received a phone call informing him that his twenty-two-year-old son, Andrew, was dead. And the Passenger Was Death: The Drama and Trauma of Losing a Child chronicles this tragedy, from the initial delivery of ...		$39.95 CDN
	I Heard Your Mommy Died I Heard Your Mommy Died is for children ages 2-6. It is a simple and helpful tool for family members and caregivers to read to the child who has lost a parent. It encourages discussion and lets the child know that all feelings are normal. Author Mark Scrivani Published by Centering Corpo...		$6.95 CDN
	Stress Management For Emergency Services Stress Management for Emergency personnel Note: 100% of the proceeds from the sale of this booklet will be returned as donations to the Tema Conter Memorial Trust. This guide addresses stress management for law enforcement, the military, fire service and emergency medical personnel who...		$5.00 CDN
	Explaining PTSD Explaining PTSD is Part of Treating PTSD - Lessons for Mental Health Professionals. This DVD helps professionals working with PTSD. It is 25 minutes long		$48.00 CDN
	Resiliency After Violent Death: Lessons for Caregivers A presentation by Gift From Within The purpose of this program is to provide clinicians, social workers, clergy and caregivers engaged in long term support with families after a violent death, helpful strategies to diminish the emotional distress of violent dying bereavement.This program cove...		$90.00 CDN
	Supports for Supporters A Resource Package for Providing Support to Bereaved Adolescents Written by Purnima Sundar, M.A. The purpose of this resource package is to provide you with some tools with which to provide assistane and support to adolescents. In this package, you will find out Why it is important to attend ...		$10.00 CDN
	Baby Boomers Face Grief Baby Boomers facing bereavement will differ in many significant ways. However, they often have in common the experience of isolation and of being unable discuss this openly. Chapters deal with how death affects the individual, his or her relationships, as well as how societal attitudes can worsen th...		$19.95 CDN
	Living Victims, Stolen Lives Parents of Murdered Children Speak to America Brad Stetson Though these pages contain a painful and disturbing snapshot of the soul-trauma endured by parents of murdered children, they are an important source for social and personal reflection, for only by gaining a renewed understanding of ...		$36.95 CDN
	Grieving Reproductive Loss The Healing Process Kathleen Gray and Anne Lassance One in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage; one in eighty pregnancies in stillbirth. As many as one in six couples experience problems of infertility. In the United States over one million elective abortions are performed each year; in Can...		$59.95 CDN
	Responding To Loss A Resource for Caregivers by Adolf Hansen Everyone experiences loss, and learning how to respond to loss is crucial. That’s what this book is about. It analyzes attachments, breaks in attachments, and responses to the change. It makes sense of the processes people go through when confronted...		$49.95 CDN
	A Quiet Courage By Paula Todd Inspiring Stories for All of Us Based on Paula Todd''s widely viewed television program Person 2 Person, A Quiet Courage is an inspiritional book about overcoming the worst life has to offer, deriving strength from tragedy, and learning from the experience. These are reve...		$26.95 CDN
	Military Widow by Joanne M. Steen and M. Regina Asaro This survival guide for widows of service personnel, a first-of-its-kind, tackles the unique and complex issues arising from the death of a spouse in the military. It speaks to loss in each of the service branches, across the span of rank and rates, ...		$23.95 CDN
	When a Child has been Murdered Ways you can help the Grieving Parents. Written by Bonnie Hunt Conrad A guide for those who know or work with parents whose child has been murdered, and for parents themselves. After a general discussion of types of grief, specifics of murdered-child grief are discussed including emotions fel...		$56.95 CDN
	Perspectives on Violence and Violent Death by Robert G. Stevenson and Gerry R. Cox This book examines violence. It looks at the nature and types of violence, the causes of violence, and the emotional wake left by violent episodes. In the twentieth century, the world experienced two world wars and countless other wars. Many millions d...		$69.95 CDN
	PTSD & Veterans A conversation with Dr. Frank Ochberg Produced by Gift from Within How do we help our veterans who are returning from war with PTSD? Our DVD provides an intimate conversation with Dr. Frank Ochberg, as he shares his experiences, seasoned insights and suggestions. This program is for the ment...		$60.00 CDN
	HUGS by Christine Dernederlanden A Workbook to help young children express their grief through art therapy, crafts, music, dance, poetry and play therapy. The sessions included in this book can run consecutively or can be used as stand-alone sessions. Each session is outlined and contains clear s...		$52.95 CDN
	Get Over It Written by Audrey Stringer In Get Over It you will learn to survive your grief and live again. Sometimes the pain of losing a loved one can be overwhelming. You may wonder if you''ll ever heal and live a full life again. Audrey Stringer understand these feelings better than most. She ...		$19.95 CDN
	Living with PTSD: Lessons For Partners, Friends and Supporters Helping Victims of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder This video explains what PTSD is, what you can do to help, ways to treat it, how to deal with the caregiver burden, and how PTSD affects the family and other relationships. Survivors of trauma often have difficulty believing that they will rec...		$39.95 CDN
	Thank You For Coming To Say Goodbye Parent Council Review: All parents should read this book before they need the advice it offers. At the time of a death there are too many details demanding attention, and emotions are strained. If you have read this booklet, you will have thought about how children need to be considered in the plann...		$9.95 CDN
	Life Interrupted Life Interrupted Your Guide - Understanding People in Crisis The author offers real-life examples, skill-building information and practical tools to prepare business leaders, employees, and generally each and everyone of us to help ourselves and others through life''s interruptions. Autho...		$19.95 CDN
	Sibling Grief How Parents can help the child whose brother or sister has died written by Marcia G. Scherago, M.S.W.,L.C.S.W When Marcia''s son died, she was overwhelmed with grief. Her other son Michael had lost a brother and was grieving too. Marcia learned a lot about grief and it is her hope to pass on...		$4.50 CDN
	First Stage Trauma Treatment A Guide for Therapists Working with Women provides a framework for understanding women''s experience of trauma, the basic components of treatment and specific tools and strategies to use in beginning this phase-oriented work. This practical guidebook will expand and deepen mental health profe...		$34.95 CDN
	I Wasn't Ready To Say Goodbye I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye written by Brook Noel & Pamela D. Blair, PH.D Each year about eight million people suffer the death of a close family member. From the outside publicized tragedies there are many families and individuals that are suffering behond closed doors in our neighbourhood...		$21.95 CDN
	Where Is My Courage? Written by Christine Dernederlanden,C.T.S.S., C.T.R. Helping Children Cope With Life''s Challenges. A Doctor''s appointment and the first time riding a bike are all times in a child''s life that they need to use their courage. Often in the lives of children they are asked to use their courage...		$9.95 CDN
	Living With PTSD Dr. Frank Ochberg and Dr. Angelea Panos This DVD is valuable for those who care about the PTSD sufferer in their life. It explains what PTSD is, why it is important to learn about this medical disorder, what you can do to help, ways to treat it, how to deal with the caregiver burden and how P...		$30.00 CDN
	Surviving Trauma & Tragedy Lessons for Future Physicians & Health Professionals. A Presentation from the Michigan Victim Alliance. 82 minutes Victims of violence often feel shame, self-blame and rejection. Some develop Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; a psychological wounding that is oftentimes unrecognized and misunder...		$50.00 CDN
	A Widow's Awakening Written by Maryanne Pope Eight years in the making, this extraordinary-and true-story of soul mates, saints, saviours, suicide and safety in the workplace charts a young woman's emotional, psychological, physical and spiritual journey through the first year of grief after the on-duty death of...		$23.95 CDN
	Frank Ochberg, MD on PTSD Frank Ochberg, M.D., is one of the pioneers in the study of victims and Post-Traumatic stress. In this DVD, he clearly communicates an understanding of the after effects of violent trauma and the healing process for its victims. The first step in recovery from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is recog...		$40.00 CDN
	Let Me Pass Gently Written by D.W.Molloy, & R.M. Russo Let Me Pass Gently is a guide to the Let Me Decide Advance Directive. It is a comprehensive resource for those who want to learn more about the advance health care directives. The ""Let Me Decide"" directive used in this program offers booklets, talking bo...		$29.95 CDN