1st Edition

Therapeutic and Legal Issues for Therapists Who Have Survived a Client Suicide Breaking the Silence

By Kayla Weiner Copyright 2005
130 Pages
by Routledge

118 Pages
by Routledge

130 Pages
by Routledge

The death of a patient is every therapist’s worst nightmare. Even more frightening is the debilitating silence that surrounds a therapist after the death of a client. What do you do? How do you proceed with your personal and professional life? Until now, advice on surviving a patient’s suicide has been scarce. This book examines this much-overlooked topic to help you continue to live and... Read more
  • Introduction: The Professional Is Personal (Kayla Miriyam Weiner)
  • Surpassing the Quota: Multiple Suicides in a Psychotherapy Practice (Donna M. James)
  • Who, What, When, Where, How, and Mostly Why? A Therapist’s Grief Over the Suicide of a Client (Gail O. Anderson)
  • Don’t Forget About Me: The Experiences of Therapists-in-Training After a Client Has Attempted or Died by Suicide (Jason S. Spiegelman and James L. Werth, Jr.)
  • Suggestions for Supervisors When a Therapist Experiences a Client’s Suicide (Doreen Schultz)
  • Therapists as Client Suicide Survivors (Onja T. Grad and Konrad Michel)
  • Touching the Heart and Soul of Therapy: Surviving Client Suicide (Pam Rycroft)
  • Suicide and the Law: A Practical Overview for Mental Health Professionals (Stephen R. Feldman, Staci H. Moritz, and G. Andrew H. Benjamin)
  • Index
  • Reference Notes Included

Biography

Weiner, Kayla