Suicide Grief Healing After a Suicide Loss Healing After A Suicide Loss is a guide to help those who have lost someone to suicide or for those who would like to know more on how to support those who have lost someone to suicide. The guide is available in electronic and print form.
Support Service Organizational Survivor Support A death by suicide not only affects family and friends but also many organizations; including places of employment, schools, religious organizations, sports teams, community groups, and many more. It is helpful to have support not only for an individual but also for an organization.
Support Service Individual Survivor Support If you have experienced the loss of a loved one to suicide you are not alone. It can be challenging navigating the waters of grief on your own but there are supports available. The Suicide Loss and Support Coordinator at the Helpline Center is available to to talk, in-person or over the phone.
Surviving After Suicide Monthly Support Group Our monthly support group provides survivors with a powerful community that comes together to share, reflect on, and experience that complex grief that accompanies losing a loved one to death by suicide. It’s a safe, confidential space that looks to provide hope to survivors no matter where they are at in their journey.
Surviving After Suicide Class Being a survivor of suicide loss is complex and can feel lonely; one can be left with unanswered questions and conflicting emotions. The Surviving After Suicide Class is a ten week education and support based class for adults that is designed to support survivors as they express and seek to understand the powerful grief they experience. Each class focuses on a unique aspect of survivor grief and is followed by a support session allowing members to share their stories.
Suicide Grief Survivor Resource Library The Helpline Center has a Survivor Resource Library with books related to grief and suicide grief. They are available to be sent to you at no charge.
Support Service Caring Cards Caring cards are made by survivors who understand the pain of losing a loved one to suicide. The cards are sent to survivors near the anniversary of their loved one’s death. If you are interested in receiving a caring card or helping make them, please email griefsupport@helplinecenter.org
Suicide Grief The Suicide Survivor’s Bill of Rights 1 - I have the right to experience my own unique grief. No one else will grieve this death in exactly the same way I do. So, when I turn to others for help, I will not allow them to tell me what I should or should not be thinking, feeling, or doing.
Grief and Children Talking to Your Child About a Suicide Death The death of a loved one is the most difficult life event that many children ever experience. A death due to suicide can be especially hard to face. Parents and caregivers may feel overwhelmed as they try to decide what to tell their children about a suicide death while struggling with their own grief over how the person died. We have found the following tips to be useful to caregivers in preparing to tell their children about a suicide death and helping children to grieve in healthy ways.
Suicide Grief Coping with Parent Suicide The death of a parent is both complicated and painful for children. A parent’s death by suicide increases the complexity of the situation even more.
Suicide Grief How to Get Through Hard Days On days that are hard, focus on what is most important, you. The long list of things that need to get done or people to contact can wait. You have to take care of yourself and prioritize your health and wellbeing. Somedays are about surviving and that is ok.
Suicide Grief On Grief Grief is the reaction we have to loss. This can show up in many different ways. It is important to pay attention to those affects on our body, heart, and mind.
Suicide Grief Suicide Is Different When a loved one dies by suicide there are often different reactions to someone who has died by other means.
Suicide Grief Exploring the Truths about Suicide Grief There are many misconceptions around suicide grief, what it is and what it isn't. Here are some 'Truths' from one survivor to another.
