Helen Fitzgerald

Helen Fitzgerald is a Certified Thanatologist, author and lecturer. Her books include The Grieving Child: A Parents' Guide, The Mourning Handbook and The Grieving Teen. She has appeared on the CBS Morning Show and the NBC Today Show and was previously the director of training for the American Hospice Foundation. You can ask Helen a question about dealing with grief and loss by visiting Ask Helen on the American Hospice Foundation website.

Read a review of The Grieving Child

Articles by Helen Fitzgerald:
• Writing a Condolence Note
• Helping Your Bereaved Friend
• Helping a Grieving Parent
• Helping Children Through Grief
• Writing a Condolence Note to a Grieving Child or Adolescent
• The Grieving Teen
• After a Tragedy: What Kids Can Do
• Military Kids: Responding to their Grief
• The Grief of Grandparents
• You Know You’re Getting Better When...

Additional resources from Helen Fitzgerald and the American Hospice Foundation:
• Anticipating a Parent's Death
• Your Personal Journey Through Grief: A Guided Road Map Toward Learning and Healing
• When Somebody You Love Has Cancer (A Workbook for Children)
• Grief at School
• Comfort Cards