Understanding Grief After Suicide
Understanding Grief After Suicide with Charlene Ray and Marny Lombard.
Understanding Grief After Suicide with Charlene Ray and Marny Lombard.
Understanding Grief After Suicide
Training learning objectives:
- Understand suicide grief and how it is similar and different to other types of grief
- Describe the physical, mental, and emotional components of suicide grief
- Understand the unique needs of someone experiencing suicide grief and how to best support them
- Explore healing strategies for living with suicide grief
Trainers:
Charlene Ray, MSW is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and has been in practice as a therapist, mentor, and workshop facilitator for 35 years. She works for Forefront Suicide Prevention as a coach and trainer. Charlene studied mindful self-compassion, nature based therapies, rites of passage, suicide prevention, grief and loss therapy, and blends all of the traditions and techniques, with her intuitive work, to create an individualized and powerful experience for each client and program she facilitates. Charlene teaches mindfulness in the school, K-6 and facilitates Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for teachers. Charlene has led programs for school districts on various mental health topics and is a frequent speaker at Sno-Isle Library Issues that Matter events. She presented a 2020 TEDx talk on Seeing Grief in a New Light.
Marny Lombard began working with Forefront Suicide Prevention after losing her son, 22, to suicide in 2013. She was fortunate to find a remarkable suicide loss survivors support group and credits it with giving her access to hope and empowerment. Marny developed a parents’ guide for supporting college students who experience mental health concerns and suicidal thinking. Today, she does training and communications work for Forefront.
Pre-event surey: https://redcap.link/grief_pre
How to Join: Link to Teams Meeting