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Book recommendations and reviews from Debi Jenkins Frankle, LMFT.
Finding Your Parents, Finding Your Self
"Losing a parent is an event that happens, sooner or later, to nearly everyone. Yet seldom has the impact of parental death on the identities of adult…
Healing After the Loss of Your Mother
"Healing After the Loss of Your Mother” is a heartfelt and practical guidebook for those mourning the loss of their mother and for supporters hoping to…
Reframing PTSD as Traumatic Grief
Trauma is knotted with grief. Dr Wolfelt's book Reframing PTSD as Traumatic Grief brings to light how PTSD can be seen as Traumatic Grief. It is a more…
The Power of Discord
Remember the Still Face Experiment back in the 70's? Dr. Edward Tronick and colleagues created an experiment in which an infant, after three minutes of…
Grief is Love
Grief is Love: Living with Loss by Marisa Renee Lee offers a deeply personal, breathtaking and fresh perspective on grief. Lee beautifully frames the…
Dancing at the Pity Party
This is a graphic novel definitely for teens and young adults. "Tyler Feder had just white-knuckled her way through her first year of college when her…
Process Not Perfection
I have lots of arts and crafts materials in my office and at home yet I've been known to discount the value of my own expression by saying "I'm not…
Self-Care for Grief
Grievers are often told they need to practice self care. It's a true statement, however the idea of self care can feel completely overwhelming, especially...
A Kids Book About Grief
'A Kids Book About Grief’ is designed to support caregivers talking about grief with their kids. We love this book because it normalizes grief and frames…
Superhero Grief
So, I don't admit this to everyone, (I'm going to now apparently) but my parents gave me a poster that hung on my wall that said "Debi Jenkins is the…
Black Male Grief Reaction to Trauma
I'll bet you weren't expecting this book on my list of recommendations to grief therapists. Truthfully, I didn't have a new book for you this week AND…
Sibling Loss Across the Lifespan
My newborn sister died when I was 7 years old and my brother died when I was 38. The relationships and circumstances with each were completely different…
When Someone Dies
Sometimes I come upon a book that is not about processing grief but attends to the practical part of having to deal with the aftermath of death. This is…
Bearing the Unbearable
“Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief” is a book that is simultaneously heartbreaking and uplifting. In this book…
Treating Traumatic Bereavement
“Treating Traumatic Bereavement: A Practitioner's Guide” is a comprehensive book, filled with evidence-based clinical strategies, provides a framework…
The Pain Management Workbook
Personally, I wish I didn't have to use this book. However I am one of a100 million people who have some form of chronic pain. At our grief center, we…
I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye
This is a great resource book for those experiencing the sudden death of a loved one. I would recommend you, as the clinician, get this one to help those…
I'll Write Your Name on Every Beach
I am often asked about Suicide Loss Resources. Here is a book I really like, especially for the parent who has had a child die by suicide. “I'll Write…
Widowed. Rants, Raves and Randoms
Another one of my favorite books because the entries range from short 2 sentence statements to one of the most powerful pieces of meaning-making grief…
Getting Grief Right
Sadness, regret, confusion, yearning―all the experiences of grief―are a part of the narrative of love," reflects O’Malley. Here, with uncommon…