Resource Tag: COUNSELLORS

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This study examined whether gender, age, & experience with death &/or suicide would influence reported levels of death anxiety, manifest anxiety, & attitudes toward suicide among 55 counsellors-in-training. Significant gender differences were found in levels of death anxiety with females reporting higher levels. When attitudes toward suicide were examined, trainees who had had a direct […]

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Article #59

This article briefly outlines possible causes for the prevalence of suicide attempts among college students & then discusses various options for handling such crises: whether to notify the student’s closest relatives; whether to obtain medical evaluation & treatment (as opposed to psychological counselling); & whether to allow the student to remain in school.

This essay chronicles the impact of a patient’s suicide on the therapist, reflecting on the initial trauma, the therapists’s repeated attempts to deal with the loss, & her ultimate physical collapse. Time off from work began the healing of physical symptoms, & the spontaneous writing & immediate sharing of her raw & unformulated feelings with […]

The presenter made a philosophical exploration of basic issues in suicide prevention. The first question posed was whether suicide is ever rational. The discussion then moved to whether or not a counsellor should intervene; it is asserted the therapist has a duty to intervene if there are signs of ambivalence. The discussion ended with thoughts […]

Minimal research has focused on providing crisis services in a manner sensitive to the unique needs of culturally, linguistically, & ethnically diverse populations. 236 school consellors responded to a random national survey; approximately half expressed concerns relating to crisis services. Specific topics of concern most frequently mentioned were school violence & suicide. Particular attention & […]

This book provides a thorough grounding in the use of solution-focussed therapy to elicit & reinforce hope & reasons for living. Strategies are demonstrated with stories, case vignettes, & transcripts. A set of practice principles based on the existing empirical evidence in the context of clinical utility & client expertise is offered.

This booklet was developed as an information guide for counsellor education. It discusses the following topics: the burden of suicide; protective factors; risk factors & risk situations; special populations & suicide; common myths; assessment; management of suicidal behaviours; counselling suicidal children & adolescents; coping with suicide of a client; & providing helpful information to the […]

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Please see SIEC #2006-0457 for the complete document.

Please see SIEC #2003-0109 for another article by this author on this subject.

Using Heidegger’s hermeneutic phenomenology informed by van Manen & Benner’s work, this research is an exploration & interpretation of the lived experiences of survivors since the suicide of a close family member. Data from in-depth interviews with 6 participants, the author’s journal entries, & published literature were analysed. Findings gave rise to grief model where […]

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This paper explores the moral & legal dimensions of a counsellor’s decision not to intervene in cases where mentally competent clients desire suicide as release from irremediable suffering due to severe physical illness, & where this desire is defensible within these clients’ value systems. The concept of “permitted suicide” is introduced & defined, & guidelines […]

Case studies of two veterans contemplating suicide are described. The suicidal intentions of a 39-year-old Marine Corps Gulf War veteran & a 52-year-old military nurse subsided as a result of a rekindling of their Christian faith. Although their Christian beliefs were awakened following their attendance at a motion picture, they both attributed the remission of […]

The attitudes toward suicide of 127 trainee teachers (aged 18-21 years) from a large metropolitan university were examined. It was found that they held complex opinions about suicide. While endorsing the metaphor representing suicide as a cry for help, they also perceived the communicative intent of suicide as being primarily manipulative in nature. These results […]

This study used an embedded-case design to provide depth & clarification to an understanding of professional crisis intervention counselling in selected hospital & community mental health settings. Data were analyzed by abstracting to identifying categories & themes. All subjects had academic backgrounds that emphasized traditional theoretical counselling orientations & they continued to conceptualize patients using […]