Table of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments..........................................................................17
Foreword........................................................................................19
Preface.......................................................................................... 23
Introduction................................................................................... 27
PART 1 How to Apply the Principles to the Story
What is Postvention..................................................................... 35
Suicide Loss Survivors ............................................................... 35
Grief After a Death by Suicide..................................................... 37
When Grief Gets Complicated..................................................... 38
Factors That Influence Grief After a Death by Suicide................ 40
Helping Suicide Loss Survivors Cope with Mourning.................. 46
Bereaved Children....................................................................... 53
Postvention in the American Death System................................ 57
When a Client Dies by Suicide.................................................... 59
PART 2 The Story
CHAPTER 1: The Worst Day...................................................... 67
CHAPTER 2: The Next Day........................................................ 75
CHAPTER 3: Mourning............................................................... 87
CHAPTER 4: Telling a Friend What Happened.......................... 97
CHAPTER 5: Keepsakes and Treasures.................................. 111
CHAPTER 6: A Bereaved Family............................................. 121
CHAPTER 7: Positive Relationships ...................................... 135
CHAPTER 8: A Children’s Grief Support Center..................... 145
CHAPTER 9: Three Months Later........................................... 155
CHAPTER 10: One Year Anniversary .................................... 165
APPENDIX A: Palette of Grief® ..............................................177
APPENDIX B: Guided Imagery for Suicide Loss Survivors.....193
References.............................................................................. 199
Resources............................................................................... 209
Additional Readings........................................................,,,,.... 213
About the Author..................................................................... 215