Mending the Grieving Heart
Compassionate Approaches to Support Loved Ones Through Loss
When someone we love is grieving, we often feel helpless. What do we say? What do we do? How do we truly help?
Mending the Grieving Heart offers a thoughtful and practical path forward. This book is designed to help you move beyond uncertainty and into meaningful, supportive presence.
Within these pages you'll find:
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Gentle guidance for navigating difficult conversations
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Practical tools to support someone in grief
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Insight into grief as a natural, human experience
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Encouragement to show up with compassion, even when it’s hard
Whether you are a friend, family member, clinician, or colleague, this book is a companion for walking alongside someone in their grief.
Coming August 2026
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The Heart Behind the Writing
Dr. Erica Sirrine, PhD, LCSW, FT is a grief therapist, speaker, researcher, and writer whose work centers around loss, meaning-making, and the deeply human experience of grief. Her upcoming book, Mending the Grieving Heart: Compassionate Approaches to Support Loved Ones Through Loss, releasing in August 2026, expands on her passion for helping individuals and clinicians better understand and navigate grief with honesty, compassion, and connection.
She is also the author of Sammy’s Story, a children’s book written to help families talk about serious illness, death, and dying through the eyes of a seven-year-old girl whose father is diagnosed with end-stage cancer. Through both clinical insight and heartfelt storytelling, Erica’s writing gently reminds readers that while loss changes us, love and connection endure.
Sammy's Story
This picture book addresses various aspects of serious illness, death, and dying that adults often find challenging to discuss with their children. Sammy beautifully teaches the reader that even though her father may die, their love and memories will live on forever.
"Beautiful and honest. It is an important and useful book for any child dealing with grief."
- Amy B.
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Written for pre-school and elementary age children, "Sammy’s Story" details the journey of a seven-year old girl whose life changes when her father is diagnosed with end-stage cancer.