Selected Books
My books explore the THI method, Moral Injury, trauma, grief, hope, faith, and medical ethics. They combine research-based knowledge, lived experience, and theological reflection, and reflect my work as a priest, teacher, and author.
The Inner War – Moral Injury in Working Life
2024
The first Danish non-fiction book on Moral Injury.
Drawing on international research and practical experience, the book explores the psychological, moral, existential, and spiritual dimensions of Moral Injury. It also examines pathways towards hope, healing, and recovery.
"A profoundly compassionate and important book."
Lotte Kirkeby, Kristeligt Dagblad
When God Bends Down
In the book, Synne Garff reflects on encounters with people affected by war, displacement, grief, and trauma. Drawing on her international work with the Trauma Healing Institute (THI) Method, she shares stories of hope, healing, and resilience from different parts of the world.
Part memoir and part professional reflection, the book offers an introduction to the THI Method and its role in helping people process loss and trauma through biblical reflection and group-based healing.
"This is not a theoretical presentation of the method. It is Synne Garff's personal account of how the THI Method brings hope and healing—and a compelling testimony to its impact."
Steen Skovsgaard, Bishop Emeritus
Praise for the Danish edition of Death on the Tightrope
Death on the tightrope
Psychological thriller
One crash changes everything.
On her forty-ninth birthday, Baroness Anna von Holstein receives a gift containing a chilling death threat. The following day, she survives a devastating car accident that tears her life apart. In the aftermath, Anna struggles with grief and anger as she is drawn into a secret network campaigning to legalise assisted dying in Denmark.There, compassion, ideology, and hidden agendas prove impossible to separate. As events spiral out of control, she must confront painful questions about the value of human life – and discover who wants her dead.
A gripping Nordic psychological thriller exploring grief, manipulation and the ethics of medically assisted dying.
The novel has inspired lectures and public conversations on assisted dying and medical ethics.
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‘It’s thoroughly gripping, and you feel well informed about euthanasia.’
Kristeligt Dagblad
(Danish national newspaper)
‘A page-turner with an important message.’
Den Smalle Bog
(Cultural journal)
“… demonstrates, from the very first page, Synne Garff’s fluid prose and masterful storytelling.”
Sameksistens
(Danish online magazine on religion and society)
Award-winning children's Bible
Little Children's Bible
An award-winning children's Bible told by Synne Garff and illustrated by two of Denmark's leading children's book illustrators, Lilian Brøgger and Cato Thau-Jensen.
With humour, warmth, and vivid storytelling, the book introduces children and families to 50 classic Bible stories through engaging text and imaginative illustrations.
Reviews
"A remarkable and beautifully accomplished work."
Else Lerche, Danish Library Centre (DBC)
"A fresh, lively retelling of the Bible for children... The illustrations are outstanding, playful, and full of life."
Kari Sønsthagen, Berlingske
"The retelling of the New Testament is the book's greatest achievement. Both the text and the illustrations deserve the highest praise."
Birgitte Stoklund Larsen, Kristeligt Dagblad
Trauma Healing Institute (THI) Method
Participant and Facilitator Guides
Synne Garff is co-editor of the Danish editions of the Trauma Healing Institute (THI) Method and has contributed to making the materials available for Danish churches and organisations.
The materials combine biblical reflection with an understanding of trauma and grief and have been translated into more than 200 languages.
Other Publications
Synne Garff has also written and contributed to novels, children's books, Bible resources, educational materials, and publications on faith, trauma, ethics, and biblical interpretation.
Interested in my books? Please feel free to get in touch.