A Pastoral Guide for Counseling Bereaved Parents After Infant Death
Author: Mark D. Carnahan
Publisher:
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13:
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Tragedy to Hope
Author: Don Sides
Publisher: WestBow Press
Published: 2016-11-07
Total Pages: 150
ISBN-13: 1512761834
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTragedy to Hope is for grieving parents and for the friends, churches and professionals who help them. What can you say, what can you do when a baby dies? In Tragedy to Hope learn how to provide caring support and effective ministry to families who experience a miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death. Simple instructions, a training outline and study guide are included. You can read Tragedy to Hope with confidence because Don and Linda have "been there, experienced it." They reach deep into the reservoir of their loss and memory to offer practical, sound, wise, biblical guidance. From the Foreword by Dr. Harold Ivan Smith, D.Min. Author and Grief Counselor
The Spiritual Lives of Bereaved Parents
Author: Dennis Klass
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-11-12
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 131777177X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book describes how parents lose, find, or relocate spiritual anchors after the death of their child. It describes how ordinary people reconstruct their lives after their foundations have shifted, and how they make sense of their world after one of their centers of meaning has been removed. Klass grounds his descriptions of spirituality in his scholarly study of comparative religions, and in his two decades studying the lives of bereaved parents. He argues that continuing bonds with their dead children can give parents a new transcendent reality. Deceased children, like saints or bodhisattvas, can offer a bridge between the profane and sacred worlds, support parents as they find meaning in a world made forever poorer, and bind together a community adequate to parents' grief. The book reports Klass's clinical practice and his work as advisor to a bereaved parents self-help support group.
Grief, Transition, and Loss
Author: Wayne Edward Oates
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published:
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9781451420043
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn his creative pastoral care and counseling series, veteran counselor Wayne Oates shares ideas from a lifetime of ministry. Oates focuses on life situations in addition to death that can cause grief, depression, and a sense of loss, such as divorce, job change, or relocation. More common than ever in today's world, these events offer opportunities for personal caregiving by ministers, friends, and family members.
Tragedy to Hope
Author: Don and Linda Sides
Publisher: WestBow Press
Published: 2016-11-07
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9781512761849
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTragedy to Hope is for grieving parents and for the friends, churches and professionals who help them. What can you say, what can you do when a baby dies? In Tragedy to Hope learn how to provide caring support and effective ministry to families who experience a miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death. Simple instructions, a training outline and study guide are included. You can read Tragedy to Hope with confidence because Don and Linda have "been there, experienced it." They reach deep into the reservoir of their loss and memory to offer practical, sound, wise, biblical guidance. From the Foreword by Dr. Harold Ivan Smith, D.Min. Author and Grief Counselor
Helping Bereaved Parents
Author: Richard G. Tedeschi
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 189
ISBN-13: 1583913645
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Parenting After the Death of a Child
Author: Jennifer L. Buckle
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011-01-19
Total Pages: 227
ISBN-13: 1135844224
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe death of a child has a tremendous and overwhelming impact on parents and siblings, completely altering the psychological landscape of the family. In the aftermath of such a tragedy, parents face the challenge of not only dealing with their own grief, but also that of their surviving children. How can someone attempt to cease parenting a deceased child while maintaining this role with his/her other children? Is it possible for a mother or father to effectively deal with feelings of grief and loss while simultaneously helping their surviving children? Parenting After the Death of a Child: A Practitioner’s Guide addresses this complex and daunting dilemma. Following on the heels of a qualitative research study that involved interviewing bereaved parents, both fathers and mothers, Buckle and Fleming have put together several different stories of loss and recovery to create an invaluable resource for clinicians, students, and grieving parents. The authors present the experience of losing a child and its subsequent impact on a family in a novel and effective way, demonstrating the strength and importance of their book for the counseling field.
Dying, Grieving, Faith, and Family
Author: George W. Bowman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 0789002620
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDying, Grieving, Faith, and Family enables grief counselors, pastors, hospice specialists, hospital chaplains, mental health practitioners, educators, and seminary students to bring an understanding of faith development, family systems, and gender and ethnic differences into their professional practices as they work with dying and grieving persons. Not only a great resource for practical guidance, this book is also meant to guide professionals and educators teaching about dying and grieving persons.
Pastoral Guide- Pastoral Possibilities with Families Experiencing Miscarriage Or Stillbirth
Author: Jeannie M Hannemann
Publisher:
Published: 2013-10-08
Total Pages: 74
ISBN-13: 9780985582821
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPastoral Guide: Pastoral Possibilities with Families Experiencing Miscarriage or Stillbirth is a gentle guide that speaks to the human, personal, and spiritual side of miscarriage and stillbirth. It's formation is a result of listening to grieving families and concerned clergy throughout the United States. As the founders of Elizabeth Ministry, we've been blessed to share their pain and hunger for rituals, connections, comfort and support surrounding the loss of a child through miscarriage or stillbirth. "Miscarriage or stillbirth has touched the lives of many people, yet, all too often this crisis remains unaddressed. Not only does this lack of response often lead to unresolved grief, it denies the conviction that life begins at conception. This guide can help church practices match those respect life convictions, and provide clergy and lay ministers with tools and resources to provide needed pastoral care for families suffering miscarriage or stillbirth." Our response to miscarriage and stillbirth as Christians must be driven by our belief in the personhood of the unborn and the dignity and worth of all human life. Those who have lost a child through miscarriage or stillbirth need to be validated in their grief, affirmed in their faith, supported by their community, and assisted in their grieving process. This guide provides pastoral ministers with the background, evidence, and tools they need to provide pastoral care for families who experience miscarriage or stillbirth. In addition to providing the doctrinal and theological support for this ministry, practical tips for caregivers, and insight into the impact perinatal death and grief can have on family relationships, Pastoral Guide: Pastoral Possibilities with Families Experiencing Miscarriage or Stillbirth also includes: a response and blessing ritual for parents requesting Baptism for a baby who has died private memorial service rituals and ceremonies for families information sheets and bulletin inserts to raise awareness within your parish and community sample letters, cards, Scriptures, and reflections pastoral ministers can use handouts to help bereaved parents talk with other children about the baby's death step-by-step instructions for developing a Grieving Through Grace support group for families information on Miscarriage Delivery Aids and burial vessels that honor the dignity of these tiny lives, and so much more! BONUS: Each book includes access to a variety of downloadable and reproducible online resources
Pastoral Guide Miscarriage, Stillbirth, Or Newborn Loss
Author: Jeannie Hannemann
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2017-10-20
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781979133326
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Pastoral Guide carries an imprimatur. Our response to miscarriage and stillbirth as Catholic Christians must be driven by our belief in the personhood of the unborn and the dignity and worth of all human life. Those who have lost a child through miscarriage, stillbirth, or newborn death need to be validated in their grief, affirmed in their faith, supported by their community, and assisted in their grieving process. This guide provides pastoral ministers with the background, evidence, and tools they need to provide pastoral care for families who experience miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death.In addition to providing the doctrinal and theological support for this ministry, practical tips for caregivers, and insight into the impact perinatal death and grief can have on family relationships, Pastoral Guide: Miscarriage, Stillbirth or Newborn Loss also includes:~ a response and blessing ritual for parents requesting Baptism for a baby who has diedprivate memorial service rituals and ceremonies for families~ information sheets and bulletin inserts to raise awareness within your parish and community~ sample letters, cards, Scriptures, and reflections pastoral ministers can use~ handouts to help bereaved parents talk with other children about the baby's death~ step-by-step instructions for developing a Grieving Through Grace support group for families~ information on Miscarriage Delivery Aids and burial vessels that honor the dignity of these tiny lives, and so much more!BONUS: Each book includes access to over 200 downloadable and reproducible online resources including:~ public memorial services for those who have suffered the death of a baby (including sample programs)~ grave site services for burial of a miscarried baby, stillborn child, or deceased infant~ funeral planning guides specific to the miscarriage or stillbirth experience~ electronic versions of all the handouts included in the Pastoral Guide, and more!
