Year: 1993 Source: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, v.23, no.2, (Summer 1993), p.172-174 SIEC No: 19930399

This brief book review describes David Lester’s “Psychotherapy for Suicidal Clients” as being provocative and stimulating. The book outlines 10 approaches to helping & understanding suicidal people. The 10 systems included are: psychotherapy, primal scream therapy, transactional analysis, Jungian analysis, person-centered therapy, Gestalt therapy, cognitive therapy, reality therapy, behaviour therapy, and existential psychotherapy.