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The Understanding Your Grief Journal

Alan D. Wolfelt Β· 2021
83/100
πŸ‘ Worth It

Alan Wolfelt is the real deal in grief counseling, and this journal translates his Ten Touchstones framework into structured prompts that give grieving people something concrete to do with their pain. The second edition additions β€” on traumatic grief, grief overload, and the myth of closure β€” show the work staying relevant. Best used alongside the companion book, and paired with real human support, but as a guided tool it is genuinely good.

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originality75
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