12 must-read psychology books like Talking with Children About Loss: Words, Strategies, and Wisdom to Help Children Cope with Death, Divorce, and Other Difficult Times by Maria Trozzi

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Talking with Children About Loss: Words, Strategies, and Wisdom to Help Children Cope with Death, Divorce, and Other Difficult Times

By: Maria Trozzi

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Through captivating stories and thoughtful analysis, Maria Trozzi explains how to handle the diffic…

If you liked the psychology plot in Talking with Children About Loss: Words, Strategies, and Wisdom to Help Children Cope with Death, Divorce, and Other Difficult Times by Maria Trozzi , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle

By: Mark Wolynn

3.55

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking approach to transforming traumatic legacies passed down in families over generatio… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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2. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

By: Atul Gawande

4.49

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

In Being Mortal, author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine … read more

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  • psychology
"Endings matter, not just for the person but, perhaps even more, for the ones left behind."

-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

"Life is choices, and they are relentless. No sooner have you made one choice than another is upon you."

-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

"Death, of course, is not a failure. Death is normal. Death may be the enemy, but it is also the natural order of things."

-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

"He moved his line in the sand. This is what it means to have autonomy -- you may not control life's circumstances, but getting to be the author of your life means getting to control what you do with …"

-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

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3. Between the World and Me

By: Ta-Nehisi Coates

4.40

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

“This is your country, this is your world, this is your body, and you must find some way to live wi… read more

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"Soft or hard, love was an act of heroism."

-Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me

"My work is to give you what I know of my own particular path while allowing you to walk your own."

-Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me

"I would not have you descend into your own dream. I would have you be a conscious citizen of this terrible and beautiful world."

-Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me

"You are growing into consciousness, and my wish for you is that you feel no need to constrict yourself to make other people comfortable."

-Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me

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4. A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

By: Sue Klebold

4.14

Format: 336 pages, ebook

On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Co… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
"A faraway look—I have heard suicidologist Thomas Joiner refer to it as “the thousand-yard stare"

-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

"Asking 'why' only makes us feel hopeless. Asking 'how' points the way forward, and shows us what we must do"

-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

"Indeed, I would not achieve the integration I sought until I found two nutrients essential to so many survivors. First, I found community and then I found a way to contribute."

-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

"People refer to the fog of war, and I am sure something similar applies to my situation. If I hadn't kept a running record of the days, weeks, and years, the fog would have swallowed too much of the …"

-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

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5. The Other Side of Sadness: What the New Science of Bereavement Tells Us About Life After Loss

By: George A. Bonanno

4.16

Format: 354 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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6. Reasons to Stay Alive

By: Matt Haig

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

One of Entertainment Weekly's 25 most anticipated books of 2016--Matt Haig's accessible and life-af… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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7. Women Who Run With the Wolves

By: Clarissa Pinkola Estés

4.13

Format: 537 pages, Paperback

Within every woman, there lives a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity… read more

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  • psychology
"Dogs are the magicians of the universe."

-Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves

"Failure is a greater teacher than success"

-Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves

"To love a woman, the mate must also love her wildish nature."

-Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves

"There is no one a wildish woman loves better than a mate who can be her equal."

-Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves

8. Death, Society, and Human Experience

By: Robert J. Kastenbaum

2.33

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

New edition of a text which examines our relationship to death by drawing upon scholarship and rese… read more

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9. Notes on Grief

By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4.22

Format: 86 pages, Hardcover

Notes on Grief is an exquisite work of meditation, remembrance, and hope, written in the wake of Ch… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I liked to call him 'a gentle man and a gentleman'."

-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief

"I am afraid of tomorrow, and all the tomorrows after..."

-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief

"It was not supposed to happen like this, not like a malicious surprise.."

-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief

"Je vais parfaitement bien. Et c'était vrai. Jusqu'à ce que cela cesse de l'être."

-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief

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10. What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

By: Stephanie Foo

4.52

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A searing memoir of reckoning and healing by acclaimed journalist Stephanie Foo, investigating the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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11. Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope

By: Mark Manson

3.68

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the international mega-bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck comes a co… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
"Because the only thing that can ever truly destroy a dream is to have it come true."

-Mark Manson, Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope

"Ultimately, we are moved to action only by emotion. That's because action is emotion."

-Mark Manson, Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope

"When we deny ourselves the ability to feel pain for a purpose, we deny ourselves the ability to feel any purpose in our life at all."

-Mark Manson, Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope

"Ultimately, the most meaningful freedom in your life comes from your commitments, the things in life for which you have chosen to sacrifice."

-Mark Manson, Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope

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12. The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments

By: Hadley Vlahos

4.51

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Passionate advocate for end-of-life care and TikTok star Hadley Vlahos shares moving stories of joy… read more

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  • nonfiction
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13. The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss

By: Mary-Frances O'Connor

4.19

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

A renowned grief expert and neuroscientist shares groundbreaking discoveries about what happens in … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
"In humans as well, it is because your loved one existed that certain neurons fire together and certain proteins are folded in your brain in particular ways. It is because your loved one lived, and be…"

-Mary-Frances O'Connor, The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss

"Grief is a heart-wrenchingly painful problem for the brain to solve, and grieving necessitates learning to live in the world with the absence of someone you love deeply, who is ingrained in your unde…"

-Mary-Frances O'Connor, The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss

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14. The Santa Suit

By: Mary Kay Andrews

3.82

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From Mary Kay Andrews, the New York Times bestselling author of Hello, Summer , comes a novella cel… read more

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"Ezra kissed Ivy's right and then left palm. "Your hands". Then he clasped both her hands between his. "Ours"

-Mary Kay Andrews, The Santa Suit

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15. Grief and Loss: Theories and Skills for the Helping Professions

By: Katherine Walsh

3.82

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Provides a variety of case examples applying theory to practice when working with those dealing wit… read more

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  • psychology
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16. Talking with Children About Loss: Words, Strategies, and Wisdom to Help Children Cope with Death, Divorce, and Other Difficult Times

By: Maria Trozzi

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Through captivating stories and thoughtful analysis, Maria Trozzi explains how to handle the diffic… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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17. Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy, 5th Edition: A Handbook for the Mental Health Practitioner: Grief Counseling Handbook on Treatment of Grief, Loss and Bereavement

By: William Worden

4.32

Format: None pages, Paperback

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3.55

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Atul Gawande

4.49

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Ta-Nehisi Coates

4.40

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4.14

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Lindsay C. Gibson

4.39

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Catherine Gildiner

4.46

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Meg Kissinger

4.28

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