Helping Grieving People: When Tears Are Not Enough: A Handbook for Care Providers
'This "Handbook for Care Providers" could easily be renamed "The Bible for Care Providers" given its depth of coverage, enormous range of topics, soulfulness, and its usefulness as a guide for all grief-care-providers.'-  The Maryland Psychologist‘So reader-friendly was this book that I’d happily encourage the interested bereaved to dip into it to help make sense of what they are experiencing and to gauge its normality.’– David Kissane, Bereavement Care"I recommend this book wholeheartedly to healthcare chaplains who are wanting an introduction to the subject of grief, looking for a guide through the maze of current thinking, or (like me) needing to bring their knowledge a little more up to date. The book includes a very helpful summary of seminal theorists from Bowlby to Neimeyer and the insights of these and others are drawn on throughout the book."- Geoff Walters, Senior Chaplain at Pilgrams Hospice, Ashford, inAssociation of Hospice and Palliative Care Chaplain News, February 2006. "The author's wealth of experience, both personally and professionally, allows one to step into a world of practical clinical information, useful case studies, and deeply personal reflections that carry the reader to broader levels of understanding of the mourner's path.""The interaction of the reader is a major component to the success ofHelping Grieving People,as it allows insight into personal discovery which can only serve as a tool for working with others.""This book well serves professionals and grieving individuals as a template of understanding of the grief process, a practical guide for care providers, and a complete wealth of information on the subject of bereaved mourners. J. Shep Jeffreys has produced an invaluable tool for anyone working with issues of loss and grief by building a strong foundation of knowledge necessary to deal with the complexities associated with bereavement in today's world."-Linda Goldman,inDeath Studies,32: 693-699, 2008.