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

Therapeutic and Legal Issues for Therapists Who Have Survived a Client Suicide: Breaking the Silence is your guide to the overlooked topic of surviving a patient suicide. The silence that surrounds a therapist after the death of a client can be shameful and debilitating. The authors of this courageous book mix first-person narratives with professional advice to help therapists deal with the emotional and legal consequences that follow the loss of a client. Over 30,000 suicides occur each year in the United States. The clear and specific legal and therapeutic guidelines you'll find in this book, as well as its philosophical discussions, make it a vital read for current and future mental health therapists, counselors, social workers, and agency supervisors.