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But I Didn't Say Goodbye : For parents and professionals helping child suicide survivors

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This book is an invaluable tool and resource! As a Therapist, I highly recommend its straight forward approach to helping child suicide survivors. Ms. Rubel has included at the end of each chapter easy to read worksheets and exercises. No Counselor and/or Therapist should be without it.

But I Didn't Say Goodbye was easy to read and very helpful. The story of this child survivor and the adults in his life will empower any child survivor. I know this book will help parents find the answers they are looking for.

This is a really, really great book to go through with any child, even if you're not a therapist. The book has REALLY short chapters. You're supposed to read the chapter with the child, and then there're questions at the end of the chapter. An example would be, Chapter 1 talks about where the child in the story was when his dad killed himself. Then the questions ask things like, where were you when your special person died, etc.

It doesn't have to be suicide survivors, it can be for any child dealing with death.

Parents, teachers, social workers, siblings, everyone should have this book, for when they have to talk to a child about death.

But I Didn't Say Goodbye led me through explaining suicide to my two children after a suicide death in our family. Barbara Rubel breaks down in understandable, step-by-step, layman's terms, how to speak, with honesty, care, and sensitivity, to a child about suicide. As a grief specialist, I know the lingo, and yet, when tragedy struck our family, all my knowledge flew out the window. If I did not have Rubel's book, I would've been lost. Thank goodness for her book and the wisdom each page holds. I have passed Rubel's book along to many a bereaved family & community member, client, and professional. Barbara Rubel is a true gift to the field of Thanatology!

But I Didn't Say Goodbye is an innovative approach and tool for parents, teachers, and professionals to help children cope with the trauma of losing a loved one to suicide. By reading the story of Alex, a ten-year-old boy whose father died by suicide, adults can learn the perception of a child suicide survivor and children can relate to Alex and therefore open up about their own grieving process. Everyone can learn from this book.Crossing 13