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Talking Back to Suicidal Thoughts

July 31, 2013

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Suicidal thoughts take different forms. Some politely knock on the door. You let them in, entertain them a bit, and then they leave. But suicidal thoughts can also be most unwelcome. In such cases, you do not want to think of suicide.…

How to Find a Therapist Who Does Not Panic about Suicide

by Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, LCSW

July 22, 2013

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A huge fear of many people who think about suicide is that they will go to a therapist who panics at the mention of the word “suicide.” Some therapists do, in fact, panic. This can take several forms. A panicky therapist may…

“Better Mad than Dead”: Keeping a Friend’s Suicidal Thoughts Secret

by Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, LCSW

July 15, 2013

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Teenagers who think of suicide often tell only their friends, and they make the friends promise to keep their suicidal thoughts secret. This puts the friends in a bind. Should they break their promise and tell an adult? Telling an adult about…

Do You Blame Yourself for Being Suicidal?

by Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, LCSW

July 10, 2013

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“I had no idea what I had done to you, although I should have known it in retrospect. So I guess now is a good time to say I am sorry, although it is about 19 years too late.” Those words came…

Where Are They Now?: The Fate of Suicide Attempt Survivors

by Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, LCSW

July 5, 2013

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Say someone wants to die by suicide so badly that they go to the Golden Gate Bridge to jump off. But then they are stopped from jumping. What happens to them afterward? You might think that, once freed from the authority figures who…

“Shame Festers in Dark Places”: Keeping Suicide Secret

by Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, LCSW

June 30, 2013

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A friend recently sent me an anguished email about someone she knew whose teenage daughter died the week before. The mother was telling others that the death was an accident, when it was unquestionably a suicide. This saddened my friend greatly –…

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Talking Back to Suicidal Thoughts

How to Find a Therapist Who Does Not Panic about Suicide

“Better Mad than Dead”: Keeping a Friend’s Suicidal Thoughts Secret

Do You Blame Yourself for Being Suicidal?

Where Are They Now?: The Fate of Suicide Attempt Survivors

“Shame Festers in Dark Places”: Keeping Suicide Secret

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