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12 Ways to Get Therapy if You Can’t Afford It

January 20, 2019

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Many people who have suicidal thoughts or other challenges need psychotherapy, but cannot afford it. There are options, though, for receiving therapy without giving up other necessities or going into debt. Here are a dozen: 1. Contact your health insurance company, if

Let’s (Really) Talk about Suicide

by Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, LCSW

June 14, 2018

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In a week when two celebrities, Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, died by suicide within days of each other, so did hundreds of other people in the U.S. One of them was named Flinn, a classmate of mine in high school. On

In Defense of Suicide Prevention

by Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, LCSW

February 28, 2018

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Many of this site’s readers send me angry emails or texts. They post challenging comments. Some are so passionately opposed to suicide prevention that they resort to harassment. I have received threatening missives and phone calls from numerous people. Some urge me

10 Things to Say to a Suicidal Person

by Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, LCSW

October 3, 2017

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Many people desperately want to know what to say – and what not to say – to someone who is thinking of suicide. The article 10 Things Not to Say to a Suicidal Person is SpeakingOfSuicide.com’s most popular post. Almost a half-million

Committed vs completed vs died by in suicide terminology

Language Matters: Committed Suicide vs. Completed Suicide vs. Died by Suicide

by Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, LCSW

September 21, 2017

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People in the suicide prevention field discourage the use of the term “committed suicide.” The verb “commit” (when followed by an act) is generally reserved for actions that many people view as sinful or immoral. Someone commits burglary, or murder, or rape,

Navigating Confidentiality and Contact with Family After a Client’s Suicide

by Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, LCSW

September 16, 2017

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A man’s wife dies by suicide over the weekend. That Monday, he calls her therapist. The husband, in a joint session with his wife, has met the therapist before. “Hi Frank, I thought you would want to know my wife killed herself,”

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12 Ways to Get Therapy if You Can’t Afford It

Let’s (Really) Talk about Suicide

In Defense of Suicide Prevention

10 Things to Say to a Suicidal Person

Language Matters: Committed Suicide vs. Completed Suicide vs. Died by Suicide

Navigating Confidentiality and Contact with Family After a Client’s Suicide

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