Resources for Professional Practice in Loss Care

When supporting other people through losses (personally and professionally), it can be helpful to have a touch point of resources and references to return to to enhance you own learning and hear from other professionals in how they handle situations. May these resources be a help to you!

For your own education, see also the blog post “Resources for Studying Pregnancy Loss”

Books

  • Decision Assessment & Counseling in Abortion Care: Philosophy & Practice​ by Alissa Perrucci

  • The Doulas: Radical Care for Pregnant People​ by Mary Mahoney and Lauren Mitchell

  • Pro-Voice: How To Keep Listening When The World Wants A Fight by Aspen Baker

  • Midwives Coping with Loss & Grief: Stillbirth, Professional and Personal Losses by Doreen Kenworthy & Mavis Kirkham

  • LOSS During Pregnancy or in the Newborn Period by James R Woods & Jenifer Esposito Woods

Articles & Resources

Storytelling from the Perspective of Loss Professionals/Supporters


Hotlines

These can be a good referral for counseling when you don’t have the capacity

  • All Options All-Options Pregnancy Counseling including Abortion, Adoption & Parenting: 1-888-493-0092

  • Exhale After-Abortion Counseling 1-866-4-EXHALE

  • Faith Aloud Clergy-Staffed Pro-Choice Spiritual Counseling Around Abortion 1-888-717-5010 

  • Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights Sexual Health Questions and Abortion Referral Service Hotline (Canada) 1-888-642-2725