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Suicide: The Facts (2020)

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We tell suicidal people to go to therapy. So why are therapists rarely trained in suicide?

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Leaving The Valley podcast: Episode 32: "Grieving a Suicide, Part I"

Leaving The Valley podcast: Episode 33: "Grieving a Suicide, Part II"

Hope Pieced Together podcast: Episode 18: “Tackling Suicide: A Professional Perspective with Whitcomb Terpening”

Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District Guidance & Guidance “Let’s Talk” podcast: Episode 23: “I’m Scared: Facing Suicide”

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Suicidal Thoughts in Our Young People

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The Spectrum of Suicide

We all have an image of what the word “suicide” looks like: desperation, in need of rescuing, maybe somebody crouched down or curled up and …

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The Stages of Suicide Grief

“What if I had done more?” “What if I had noticed earlier?” “What if I had been more protective, less trusting, less scared?” “What if …

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Moving Through Suicidal Thoughts in a World that Isn’t Moving: Surviving Suicide During a Pandemic

It seems like just a couple of sleeps ago we were all going through our lives as normal – rushing from one thing to another, …

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Is Suicide Preventable?

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. This day was started in 2003 by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) and World Health Organization (WHO) …

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the silence of suicide

Our Silence is Killing Us

Suicide can be scary. The word alone makes most of our stomachs drop. We learn early on that suicide is a taboo topic to discuss …

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