The Life Line (IN: The Counselor and Suicidal Crisis: Diagnosis and Intervention)

This chapter discusses the life line for suicidal people of counsellor, friends, family, & activities. The life line offers someone or something to hold on to in the face of suicidal impulses. The authors describe the importance of the constancy of a client-therapist relationship to suicidal patients – who are often isolated & withdrawn. They also descrive how to give clients other sources of support through their significant others & life support activities. (VM)