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Default Sep 22, 2024 at 10:17 AM
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In my early days of my therapy T asked if I'd ever read The Little Prince By Novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.... I must have been taking about the relationship..... Are there any books "your" T's recommended to "you"?
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Default Sep 22, 2024 at 10:23 AM
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Hey TR,

What a great idea for a thread!

My favourite book that R recommended to me is The Gift: 12 Lessons to Change Your Life by Dr. Edith Eger.

She'd read 'The Choice', Eger's memoir of her time in a concentration camp but suggested that might be too graphic for me.

The Gift is divided into 12 chapters and dispenses its wisdom in easily digestible measures.

R also recommended The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown, but I haven't managed to get into reading it yet.

As we move deeper into my grief work, the less we end up talking about books.

Looking forward to reading the recommendations from other people's Ts.

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Default Sep 22, 2024 at 10:44 AM
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Several grief books. I had illness and death in my family non stop. I found one helpful.: Grief one day, at a time. I pull it out periodically.

Grief One Day at a Time: 365 Meditations to Help You Heal After Loss - Center for Loss & Life Transition
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Default Sep 22, 2024 at 11:25 AM
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Not a therapy book, but my previous therapist (who was generally very gentle and well meaning) recommended Hilary Mantel Beyond Black to me. She recommended it because it addresses the trauma of childhood sexual abuse which is facilitated by the child's mother, something I experienced. I am not delicate, I don't really support stuff like trigger warnings, and it is an excellent book, but bloody hell it was a tough read for me. I frequently wondered how she could have casually recommended something so brutal, it was very out of character for her. I didn't get the chance to discuss it with her because I ended the work shortly thereafter (not related to her literary choices!). It is very relevant to me and asks some really intelligent questions about trauma, delusion, healing, and I am glad to have read it so maybe she was onto something.
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My regular T's backup recommended Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents (Lindsay Gibson), as she thinks it applies to one or both of my parents. What I've read so far I've found to be helpful. Thanks for the reminder to get back to that! I got the guided journal, too.
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She recommended to me "Inner Work" by Robert Johnson. I borrowed it from her but then eventually bought my own copy.
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I loved the Alan Wolfelt book, @divine1966

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I loved the Alan Wolfelt book, @divine1966
Apparently he wrote quite a few about grief but that’s the only one I have
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In my opinion, it's the best.

I may be biased, because the other one I tried to read hurt me more than it helped.

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In my early days of my therapy T asked if I'd ever read The Little Prince By Novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.... I must have been taking about the relationship..... Are there any books "your" T's recommended to "you"?
That's funny. Many years ago my T said that conversations with me sometimes reminded him of The Little Prince and I read it after he suggested that.
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