Resources
TAPS
TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors) provides comfort, care and resources to all those grieving the death of a military loved one. Offers a national peer support network and connection to grief resources and events, all at no cost to surviving families and loved ones.
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Sugar Bear Foundation
The mission of the foundation is to support the surviving spouses and children of fallen United States military personnel by providing career, educational and financial programs to help meet their immediate and ongoing needs, fostering their personal, emotional, and social well-being.
https://www.thesugarbearfoundation.org/
Grief.com
Author and grief expert David Kessler provides books, resources, grief groups, online workshops, and a grief counselor directory.
The Center for Loss & Life Transition
The Center for Loss & Life Transition led by death educator and grief counselor Dr. Alan Wolfelt is an organization dedicated to helping people who are grieving and those who care for them. Offers grief resources for the entire family- books, trainings, articles and more.
Guided Imagery for Healing Trauma
Guided Imagery for the Three Stages of Healing Trauma: Nine Meditations for Posttraumatic Stress by Belleruth Napastek. A 3-CD set created for the three phases of trauma recovery: 1) Re-Establishing Safety & Control 2) Healing and Integration and 3) Renewal.
Center for Loss and Trauma
Bearing the Unbearable by Joanne Cacciatore is a book for anyone dealing with traumatic death. The author emphasizes that grieving should be given the time it needs and teaches mourners how to eliminate the need to acquire the approval of others while they navigate how to redefine life after an unexpected loss.