Here is information on my various books, journal articles, and book chapters. To download a complete list of my publications, click here.

ARTICLES and CHAPTERS

Titles listed in red may be downloaded.

In Press Valdez, C., Jordan, J. R., & Botkin, A. (In Press). Induced After Death Communication. In R. A. Neimeyer (Ed.), New techniques of grief therapy:  Bereavement and beyond. New York: Routledge.

2021   Harrington, J. A., Ruocco, K., & Jordan, J. R. (2021). Deadpool 2 and Suicide After Bereavement: Lessons Learned from the Merc with a Mouth. In J. A. Harrington & R. A. Neimeyer (Eds.), Superhero Grief: The Transformative Power of Loss (pp. 131 - 141). New York, NY: Routledge.

2020   Jordan, J. R. Lessons Learned: Forty Years of Clinical Work with Suicide Loss Survivors. Frontiers in Psychology, 11(766). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00766

2018   Harrington-LaMorie, J., Jordan, J. R., Ruocco, K.,  & Cerel, J. (2018). Surviving families of military suicide loss: Exploring postvention peer support. Death Studies. doi:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07481187.2017.1370789

2017   Editor, Special Issue of the journal Death Studies on the new U.S. national guidelines for suicide postvention titled Responding to Grief, Trauma, and Distress After Suicide: U.S. National Guidelines. This includes authorship or co-authorship of three articles in the Special Issue:
            Introduction
            Postvention is Prevention – The Case for Suicide Postvention
            Clinical Work with Suicide Loss Survivors: Implications of the U.S. Postvention Guidelines (with Vanessa McGann, Ph.D.)

2017   Reed, J., Jordan, J.R., & McIntosh, J.L. (2017) USA: Suicide Bereavement Support and Postvention. In In K.Andriessen, K. Krysinska, and O. Grad (Eds.) Postvention in Action: The International Handbook of Suicide Bereavement Support (pp 285-289). Boston, MA: Hogrefe.

2017   Jordan, J.R. (2017) USA: National Postvention Guidelines. In K.Andriessen, K. Krysinska, and O. Grad (Eds.) Postvention in Action: The International Handbook of Suicide Bereavement Support (pp 290-295). Boston, MA: Hogrefe.

2017   Schreiber, J. K., Sands, D., & Jordan, J. R.  The perceived experience of children bereaved by parental suicide. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 75(2), 184 - 206. doi: 10.1177/0030222815612297

2016   Maple, M., Cerel, J., Sanford, R. L., Pearce, T., & Jordan, J. R. (2016). Is Exposure to Suicide Beyond Kin Associated with Risk for Suicidal Behavior? A Systematic Review of the Evidence. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior.  doi: 10.1111/sltb.12308.

2016   Kosminsky, P.G. and Jordan, J.R.  Attachment Informed Grief Therapy: The Clinician’s Guide to Foundations and Applications. New York, NY: Routledge.

2015   Jordan, J.R. & Baugher, R.  After Suicide Loss: Coping with your Grief. 2nd Edition  Book for new suicide survivors. Available from Robert Baugher, Ph.D.,7108 127th Place, S.E., Newcastle, WA – 98056-1325 or b_kbaugher@yahoo.com.

2015   Jordan, J. R. Grief After Suicide: The Evolution of Suicide Postvention. In J. M. Stillion & T. Attig (Eds.), Death, Dying, and Bereavement: Contemporary Perspectives, Institutions, and Practices (pp. 349 - 362). New York, NY: Springer.

2015   Responding to Grief, Trauma, and Distress After Suicide: U.S. National Guidelines. Survivors of Suicide Loss Task Force, National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention – Download at: https://www.sprc.org/resources-programs/responding-grief-trauma-and-distress-after-suicide-us-national-guidelines

2014   Maple, M., Cerel, J., Jordan, J. R., & McKay, K. (2014). Uncovering and Identifying the Missing Voices in Suicide Bereavement. Suicidology Online, 5, 1-12.

2014   Jordan, J.R. & Harpel, J.A. – “Grief After Suicide: The Impact on Families”.  The FORUM – Association for Death Education and Counseling, 40(1), 1-3.

2013   Jordan, J. R. A Personal Reflection on Bridging Research and Practice in Thanatology. Grief Matters: The Australian Journal of Grief and Bereavement, 16(1), 14 - 18.

2013   Neimeyer, R.A., & Jordan, J.R. “Grief Assessment & Intervention:  Historical and Contemporary Perspectives” in In D.Balk (Ed.) Handbook of Thanatology- 2nd Edition -. Northbrook, IL: Association for Death Education & Counseling, In Press.

2012   Jordan, J.R. “ Guided Imaginal Conversation with the Deceased” in Neimeyer, R.A., (Ed.) Techniques of Grief Therapy: Creative Practices for Counseling the Bereaved. New York:Routledge.

2012   Feigelman, W., Jordan, J.R., McIntosh, J, & Feigelman, B.,  Devastating Losses: How Parents Cope With the Death of a Child to Suicide or Drugs  New York, NY: Springer Publishers.

2011   Jordan, J. R., & McIntosh, J. L. (Eds.). Grief after suicide: Understanding the consequences and caring for the survivors. New York: Routledge.

2011   Feigelman, W., Jordan, J. R., & Gorman, B. S. Parental grief after a child’s drug death compared to other death causes:  Investigating a greatly neglected bereavement population Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, Vol. 63(4) 291-316.

2011   Jordan, J. R., & McIntosh, J. L. Is Suicide Bereavement Different? Perspectives from Research and Practice. In R. A. Neimeyer, D. L. Harris, H. R. Winokuer & G. Thornton (Eds.), Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society: Bridging Research and Practice (pp. 223-234). New York: Routledge.

2010   Psychosocial Aspects of Bereavement After Suicide. Presentation at the `13th European Symposium on Suicide & Suicide Prevention, Rome, Italy.

2009   Jordan, J. R. After suicide: Clinical work with survivors. Grief Matters: The Australian Journal of Grief and Bereavement, 12(1), 4-9.

2009   Feigelman, W., Jordan, J. R., & Gorman, B. S. Personal growth after suicide loss: Cross-sectional findings suggest growth after loss may be associated with better mental health among survivors. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 59(3), 181-202.

2009   Feigelman, W., Jordan, J.R. , & Gorman, B. S. How they died, time since loss, and bereavement outcomes Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 58(4), 251-273.

2009   Feigelman, W., Gorman, B. S., & Jordan, J. R. Stigmatization and suicide bereavement. Death Studies, 33(7), 591-608.

2008   Jordan, J.R. Bereavement after suicide. Psychiatric Annals, 38(10): 670-685.

2008   Feigelman, W., Gorman, B.S., Chastain-Beal, K., & Jordan, J.R. Internet support groups for suicide survivors: A new mode for gaining bereavement assistance. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 57(3): 217-243.

2008   McMenamy, J.M., Jordan, J.R., & Mitchell, A.M. What do suicide survivors tell us they need? Results of a pilot study. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior 38(4): 375-389.

2008   Cerel, J., Jordan, J.R., & Duberstein, P.R. The impact of suicide on the family. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 29(1), 38-44.

2007   Jordan, J.R. & Harpel, J.“Organizing and Facilitating Suicide Survivor Support Groups: A Self-Study Manual” A training manual and video for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

2007   Jordan, J.R. & Neimeyer, R.A. “Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Assessment and Intervention” In D.Balk (Ed.) (pp. 213-226) Handbook of Thanatology. Northbrook, IL: Association for Death Education & Counseling.

2005   Sandler, I., Balk, D., Jordan, J.R., Kennedy, C., Nadeau, J., &Shapiro, E.  “Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice in Bereavement: Report from The Center for the Advancement of Health.” Death Studies 29:93-122.

2005   Kraus, D. R., Seligman, D, Jordan, J. R.. Validation Of A Behavioral Health Treatment Outcome And Assessment Tool Designed for Naturalistic Settings: The Treatment Outcome Package. Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 61(3), 285-314.

2005   Jordan, J.R, Baker, J.B., Rosenthal, S., Matteis, M.M., & Ware, E.S.  “The Grief Evaluation Measure (GEM): An Initial Validation Study” Death Studies, 29(4): 301-332. Also a presentation at the 24nd Annual Conference of the Association for Death Education and Counseling, Portland, OR.

2004   Jordan, J.R. & McMenamy, J. “Interventions with Suicide Survivors: A Review of the Literature” Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior 34(4): 337-349.

2003   Jordan, J.R. “Group Support for Survivors of Suicide” Presentation at the Survivors of Suicide Research Workshop, Washington, D.C. Co-sponsored by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the National Institute of Mental Health.

2003   Jordan, J.R. “Suicide Bereavement: Survivor’s Emotional Responses” Presentation at the Survivors of Suicide Research Workshop, Washington, D.C. Co-sponsored by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the National Institute of Mental Health.

2003   Jordan, J.R. & Neimeyer, R.A. “Does Grief Counseling Work?” Death Studies, 27(9): 765-786.

2002   “Suicide Emergencies: School and Medical Settings” Organized and chaired a day long program. Co-sponsored with the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, Boston, MA & American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, New England.

2002   Baugher, R. & Jordan, J.R.  After Suicide Loss: Coping with your Grief. Book for new suicide survivors. Available from Robert Baugher, Ph.D.,7108 127th Place, S.E., Newcastle, WA – 98056-1325 or b_kbaugher@yahoo.com.
b_kbaugher@yahoo.com.
2001   Neimeyer, Robert A. & Jordan, John R. (2001) “Disenfranchisement as Empathic Failure: Grief Therapy and the Co-construction of Meaning” in Kenneth Doka (Ed.) Disenfranchised Grief: New Directions, Challenges and Strategies for Practice, 2001, Champaign, IL, Research Press. Also presented at the 23nd Annual Conference of the Association for Death Education and Counseling, Toronto, Ontario.

2001   Jordan, J.R.(2001) “Is Suicide Bereavement Different?: A Reassessment of the Literature” Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 32(1): 91-102.

2001   “New Frontiers in Suicide Prevention” Organized and chaired a day long program. Co-sponsored with the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, Boston, MA & American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, New England.

2001   “New Directions in Palliative and End of Life Care” Organized and chaired a day long Program on counseling issues in work with end of life illness. Co-sponsored with the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, Boston, MA

2000   Jordan, J.R. “Suicide Bereavement: Understanding the Differences” Presentation at the 22nd Annual Conference of the Association for Death Education and Counseling, Charlotte, NC.

2000   “Traumatic Grief: Innovations in Theory and Practice” Organized and chaired a day long Program on the proposed diagnostic category of Traumatic Grief. Co-sponsored with the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, Boston, MA

2000   Jordan, J.R. “Research That Matters: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice in Thanatology”. Guest Editor, two Special Issues on the Integration of Research and Clinical Practice in Thanatology. Death Studies 24(6): 457-468.

2000Wolfe, B. & Jordan, J.R. “Ramblings from the Trenches: A Clinical Perspective on Thanatological Research”, Death Studies. 24(7):569-584.

1999   Jordan, J.R. “What Do We Know About Working with Suicide Survivors?: Reflections from a Grief Counselor” Presentation at the Annual Professional Conference of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, New England Chapter.

1999   Jordan, J.R. “Diversity in Illness, Grief, & Loss: Ethinic and Spiritual Differences” Organized and chaired a day long Program on counseling issues in work with life-threatening illness. Co-sponsored with the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, Boston, MA

1997   Jordan, J.R. & Ware, E.W. “Feeling Like a Motherless Child: A Support Group Model for Adults Grieving the Death of a Parent” Omega: Journal of Death and Dying 35(4): 361-376.

1997   “Living With Dying: Effective Counseling for End-Stage Illness and Bereavement”
Organized and chaired a day long Program on counseling issues in work with life-threatening illness. Co-sponsored with the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, Boston, MA

1996   “Grief in the Community: The Response to Loss” Organized and chaired a day long Program on the response to loss by caregivers in community settings. Co-sponsored with the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, Boston, MA.

1995   “Feeling Like a Motherless Child: A Support Group Model for Adults Grieving the Death of a Parent” - Paper Presentation at the 17th Annual Conference of the Association for Death Education and Counseling, Miami, FL. Also presented at the Second Annual  National Conference on Loss and Transition, sponsored by the New England Center for Loss and Transition, Boston, MA

1995   Bradach, K.M. & Jordan, J.R.“Long-Term Effects of a Family History of Traumatic Death on Adolescent Individuation.” Death Studies, 19(4): 315-336.

1993   “Clinical Services for Homicide Survivors” - Organized and chaired a day long Pre- Meeting Institute for the Annual Meeting, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, San Antonio, TX.

1993   Jordan, J.R.; Kraus, D. R.; & Ware, E.W.  “Observations on Loss and Family Development”, Family Process, 32(4): 425-440.

1991- 92   Jordan, J.R. “Cumulative Loss, Current Stress, and the Family: A Pilot Investigation of Individual and Systemic Effects”, Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 24(4): 309-332.

1992   Jordan, J.R.“Loss and Family Development: The Long Term Effects of Bereavement” Paper Presentation at the 14 Annual Conference Association for Death Education and Counseling, Boston, MA.

1990   Jordan, J.R. “Loss and Family Development: Clinical Implications” Paper Presentation at the 98th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

1989   Jordan, J.R. “Loss Over Time: Empirical Research on the Long Term Impact of Loss and Stress on Family Systems” Paper Presentation at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, San Francisco, CA.

1988   Jordan, J.R. “An Integrative Model of Family Development: Part I. The Transformation of Attachments” Paper Presentation at the 50th Annual Conference of the National Council of Family Relations, Philadelphia, PA.

1988   Jordan, J.R. “Traumatic Loss and Family Development: An Integrative Model” Paper Presentation at the 4th Annual Meeting of the Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Dallas, TX.

1985   Jordan, J.R. “Paradox and Polarity: The Tao of Family Therapy” Family Process 24:165-174.

1982   Jordan, J.R. “The Use of History in Family Therapy: A Brief Rejoinder to Sluzki” Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 8(4):393-398.