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Video: Understanding Grief and Loss

Video: Understanding Grief and Loss
People can experience many different types of loss and grief is a reaction to any loss of anything important to us. This video describes how the grieving process can be different for different people, explains some ways to cope with grief and provides advice on seeking professional help. Featuring expert interviews, this video is ideal for students of Health and Personal Development.
Duration: 7:01 Via ClickView (login required)

Video: 5 Things About Grief No One Really Tells You

Video: 5 Things About Grief No One Really Tells You
Most people know the common five to seven stages of grief: Shock, Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Testing, and Acceptance. Everyone experiences these stages in entirely different ways. Truth is, there is more to grieving than most people realize. (Via YouTube)

Video: Encountering Grief and Loss

Video: Encountering Grief and Loss
As health professionals we must support patients and their families, carers and friends as they grapple with their own personal experiences of loss and grief. In this insightful programme we take a holistic approach to understanding and responding to loss and grief. We speak frankly with Christine McMahon, who lost her only son in Victoria's Black Saturday bushfires in 2009, about her personal experience of extreme loss and grief. Experts in counselling and palliative care help us to recognise loss and grief and employ practical strategies to support a person who is battling through one the most difficult times in their life.
Duration: 20:13. Via ClickView (login required)

Video: Managing Grief and Loss in School Settings

Video: Managing Grief and Loss in School Settings
When loss occurs in a school community, it can be deeply challenging for students and teachers alike. This video for the whole classroom explains how to acknowledge and provide support to students and other teachers and gives ideas for activities that a grieving community can do together.
Duration: 7:03 Via ClickView (login required)

Books available in the NCC

The grief book: strategies for young people by Elizabeth Vercoe and Kerry Abramowski
ISBN: 9781876372521
Publication Date: 2004
Gives young people the tools that they need to deal with emotions like grief, loss, anger and pain.
Grief recovery for teens: letting go of painful emotions with body-based practices (ebook) by Coral Popowitz
ISBN: 9781626258556
Publication Date: 2017
The author outlines strategic approaches to managing the physical aspects of grief and loss, explaining how painful emotions affect the body and how to develop beneficial coping and healing skills.
Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain
ISBN: 9780241300688
Publication Date: 2022
Susan Cain employs a mix of research, storytelling, and memoir to explore why we experience sorrow and longing, and the surprising lessons these states of mind teach us about creativity, compassion, leadership, spirituality, mortality and love.
Finding your own way to grieve: a creative activity workbook for kids and teens on the autism spectrum by Karla Helbert
ISBN: 9780857006936
Publication Date: 2012
Explaining death in concrete terms that children with autism will understand, this book discusses the complicated and painful emotions of bereavement, and offers creative and expressive activities that facilitate healing. This interactive book is ideal for children and teens to work through by themselves, with a parent, or with a professional.

Useful Links

Beyond Blue: Grief and loss
Grief is expressed in many ways and it can affect every part of your life; your emotions, thoughts and behaviour, beliefs, physical health, your sense of self and identity, and your relationships with others. Grief can leave you feeling sad, angry, anxious, shocked, regretful, relieved, overwhelmed, isolated, irritable or numb.
Headspace: dealing with grief and loss & the effects on mental health
It’s normal to feel sadness and grief after you experience loss. But that doesn’t make it easy. Grief is an individual experience, it’s what happens after you lose someone or something important to you. You don’t have to know the person for their loss to impact you. Everyone experiences grief differently.
Beyond Blue: Trauma
In Australia, the most common traumatic events are having someone close die unexpectedly. Everyone will respond in their own unique way to a traumatic event. Some events may have little impact on one person but cause severe distress in another.
Phoenix Australia: Trauma Support for Teenagers
If you’re a teenager who has experienced a traumatic event, you’re probably experiencing a whole lot of emotions. These might range from anxiety and fear to anger and guilt. Alongside these emotions, you may be struggling with sleep, nightmares and feeling disconnected from others. Many people recover in a few weeks on their own or with the help of friends and family, but some people might have these reactions for a long time, and they can develop into posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It is important to get help for your symptoms as early as possible.