Grief Self-Help Resources

Grief information and tools are organized here, with links to additional resources. Individuals who are grieving may also be struggling with depression, PTSD, substance abuse, stress, anger management issues, or any number of other physical and/or mental health conditions. You may find the self-help information posted under other behavioral health categories on this web site to be helpful. Grief experts note that most grief support information is based on assumptions, not scientific data. Keep in mind that everyone responds and copes differently with loss.

Fact Sheets and Handouts

A Guide for Families of Wounded Soldiers

Bereavement and Grief: Information for Military Families and Communities
Practical suggestions for helping yourself, others, and children cope with loss.

Military Kids: Responding to Their Grief
Helping kids cope when a parent dies or is assigned to a war zone.

Helping Yourself Through Grief
Practical suggestions for coping while grieving.

Behavioral Interventions and Behavior Therapy

Seven Ways Americans Can Help the Families of Fallen Warriors
Joanne M. Steen, MS, NCC, Co-Author: Military Widow: A Survival Guide

Bereavement
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies

Traumatic Grief in Military Children
National Child Traumatic Stress Network

Traumatic Grief in Military Children
Information for Educators

Web Resources

Military OneSource
Locate a variety of support resources about grief and loss on this website.

Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors
Grief support resource.

The Dougy Center
For Grieving Children and Families

Veteran and Military Family Health
U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Health

Real Warriors Campaign
Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury

Courage to Talk About War Injuries
A Courage to Care resource to help families and health care providers communicate more effectively.

When Families Grieve
A Talk Listen Connect program from Sesame Workshop.

Books & Workbooks

Coping With Loss
S. Nolen-Hoeksema & J. Larson
This book is based on the Bereavement Coping Project, a long-term research study of several hundred people who lost a significant other. The authors integrate research, personal accounts of loss and helpful tactics. The authors explore the impact of various types of loss and the influence of coping strategies and the healing process. Book review.

Military Widow: A Survivor Guide
Joanne M. Steen, MS, NCC and M. Regina Asaro, MS, RN, CT
A comprehensive guidebook for widows whose husbands have died in the line of duty. With expert information about grief, traumatic loss, and making the transition from military to civilian life.