Counselling Suicidal Clients

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of figures and tables......Page 8
Praise for the Book......Page 9
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Part I: Contextual Aspects of Working With Suicide Risk......Page 16
1 - Suicide and Counselling: An Introduction......Page 18
2 - Historical Perspectives on Suicide and the Emergence of the Medical Model......Page 30
3 - Suicide Trends and Statistics......Page 36
Part II: The Prediction–Prevention Model, Policy and Ethics......Page 44
4 - Suicide Risk Factors and Assessment......Page 46
5 - The Influence of Policy and the Prediction-Prevention Culture......Page 59
6 - The Ethical Imperative of Suicide......Page 68
7 - Confidentiality, Capacity and Consent......Page 75
Part III: Organizations......Page 88
8 - Counselling Suicidal Clients in Organizational Settings......Page 90
9 - Developing Procedures and Guidance......Page 98
Part IV: The Client Process......Page 104
10 Understanding Suicide......Page 106
11 - The Use of Language in Counselling Suicidal Clients......Page 114
12 - From Self-Murder to Self-Support......Page 123
13 - Suicide and Self-Injury: Annihilation and Survival......Page 130
Part V: The Counsellor Process......Page 140
14 - The Counsellor and Suicide Risk: Personal Perspectives and Professional Actions......Page 142
15 - Potential Dangers and Difficulties......Page 149
Part VI: Key Aspects of Counselling with Suicidal Clients......Page 156
16 - Tightropes and Safety Nets: Supporting Practice......Page 158
17 - Good Practice for Self-Support......Page 165
18 - Training Implications for Counselling......Page 171
Part VII: Conclusions......Page 178
19 - Concluding Thoughts......Page 180
References......Page 185
Index......Page 194