104: Bonus Episode - Suicide In Our Communities

Therapy Chat

Laura Reagan, LCSW-C

Social Sciences, Science, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 728 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2017

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Bonus Episode for Suicide Awareness & Prevention Month! Replay of Laura's interview with Dr. Jonathan Singer, host of the Social Work Podcast, professor at Loyola University in Chicago, and co-author of the book, "Suicide in Schools" which details how communities can address the issue of suicide.

Welcome back to Therapy Chat! Today’s topic is a serious one, and something that needs to be talked about, although most of us would rather not think about it. September is Suicide Prevention & Awareness Month, and host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C recorded this special episode to honor a friend’s brother who died by suicide almost 3 years ago. Today Laura interviews someone who has worked for years in the field of suicide prevention. Jonathan B. Singer, PhD is podcaster, a social work professor at Loyola University in Chicago and one of the co-authors of the book “Suicide in Schools: A Practitioner’s Guide to Multi-Level Prevention, Assessment, Intervention and Postvention.” This book is a guide for schools and communities, as well as families, to understand what we can all do to make a difference in the problem of suicide which plagues the United States. Jonathan shares some shocking statistics about the problem of suicide – how often it happens and who is most at risk. He describes specific things schools and communities can do to prevent suicide and to support a person who is feeling suicidal. He also talks about how schools can develop crisis plans to put into action when a school community member dies by suicide. Our community has been affected by suicide far too often. One person dying by suicide is too many, but the numbers are much higher than that. This episode may inspire you to take action to make a difference in your community to reduce suicide. And host Laura Reagan invites you to make a donation in honor of Nick Moothart by visiting the Team Nick fundraising page for the Annapolis Out of the Darkness Walk, hosted by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP).

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0:00.0	Therapy Chat Podcast, episode 104. Hi, welcome back to Therapy Chat. Today's episode is a bonus
0:10.5	episode. I'm replaying my interview from last year with Dr. Jonathan Singer, who is a professor
0:18.2	at Loyola University in Chicago.
0:30.9	Jonathan is very knowledgeable about the issue of suicide prevention, intervention, and post-vention, meaning how we work to prevent suicide in our communities,
0:38.3	how to stop someone who is actively suicidal,
0:43.3	and what we can do in our communities after someone dies by suicide.
0:49.3	Jonathan is one of the co-authors of the book, Suicide in Schools, which despite the title is really about a community response to the problem of suicide.
1:04.0	I don't know what the national statistics say, but I know that suicide is still a huge problem.
1:15.6	There have been suicides in my community after the episode that aired last year.
1:22.3	So one is too many.
1:24.4	And last Saturday, I walked in the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
1:30.2	Out of the Darkness Walk to honor my dear friend's brother who died by suicide.
1:37.7	There were so many people there who loved someone who died by suicide.
1:42.7	They were all hurting, and they all want this problem to get
1:46.8	better. If you are someone who is affected by the loss of someone you care about by suicide,
1:58.3	even if it was someone you didn't know that well and you feel like maybe you don't
2:03.1	have the right to be grieving, your feelings are real and therapy can help. When a suicide occurs
2:12.7	in a community, it has a ripple effect. It affects the people who loved that person, everyone who knew them.
2:23.5	And to ignore the trauma of losing any member of our community to suicide, in my opinion, that only makes things worse.
2:37.4	So if you're in the community of the Annapolis area in Maryland, my practice can help you if you're
2:47.6	affected by the loss of someone from suicide. And if you want to find out
2:56.3	about working with us, just visit my website, TherapyChatpodcast.com. Look for this section of my website
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