Pet Loss Support
Resources And Guidance For Pet Owners Experiencing Grief.
Navigating the pain of pet loss: Resources and Guidance
We Understand Grief
Pet Loss Support Resources
- Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement (APLB) – www.aplb.org – This is a unique organization that provides FREE services to anyone bereaving for a beloved pet. Their chat rooms are facilitated by specially trained pet bereavement counselors and they also offer personal E-mail assistance.
- www.pet-loss.net – Provides helpful resources for pre-loss bereavement, helping children cope, quality of life, conquering guilt and much more.
- Rainbow Bridge – Provides a space for virtual memorials and a grief support community.
- Grief Healing by Marty Tousley – Provides courses in grief healing as well as articles and book lists for adults and children.
- Ontario Pet Loss Support Group – Offers compassionate understanding through phone support, meetings, and Facebook.
- Ontario Veterinary College Pet Loss Resources
Counseling
You will also find many counselors, therapists, and psychologists online. You can perform a Google search or use a directory for grief counselors in your area. Here is a link to an online directory where you can find many qualified counselors and therapists in your area theravive.com.
We recently published a blog post and featuring the advice from these three grief counselors:
Helen Goldberg assists grieving pet-parents find a place of acceptance and resolve. Helen’s training and expertise allows her to provide the tools and techniques needed to move forward. Helen offers virtual family sessions and individual appointments. Pet Loss Counselling | Toronto
Natasha Tutt is a Registered Social Worker and Certified Pet Loss and Bereavement Specialist who supports individuals and families facing various challenges associated with animal caregiving, especially related to end-of-life decision making and grief following the death of a beloved animal companion. Natasha offers individual therapy sessions and a grief-focussed therapeutic writing group. Natasha’s services are covered by most workplace benefits providers. Contact | Natasha Tutt – Msw, Rsw
Colleen Rolland is confident that with the support of your veterinarian, Pet Bereavement Services will help you navigate each phase of grief, be there to listen, and help you arrive at a place of acceptance and resolution. Colleen offers pre-euthanasia, during euthanasia, and post-euthanasia services. PetBereavementServices.com – for “All Creatures Great and Small”
Publications (available from Amazon.ca)
- The Loss of a Pet by Wallace Sife PhD
- Children and Pet Loss by Marty Tousley
- A Peaceful Path by M.J. Tucci and Laurie Califf
- Goodbye Friend by Gary Kowalksi
- Coping with Sorrow on the Loss of Your Pet by Moira Anderson Allen.
- The Grief Recovery Handbook for Pet Loss by Russell Friedman, Cole James & John W. James
- When Your Pet Dies: A Guide to Mourning, Remembering and Healing by Alan D. Wolfelt PhD
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