A Special Scar, 2nd Edition: The Experiences of People Bereaved by Suicide: The Experiences of People Bereaved by Suicide, 2e - Softcover

Wertheimer, Alison

4.11

28 ratings by Goodreads

9780415220279: A Special Scar, 2nd Edition: The Experiences of People Bereaved by Suicide: The Experiences of People Bereaved by Suicide, 2e

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415220270 ISBN 13: 9780415220279

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

Every 85 minutes someone in the UK takes their own life, but what happens to those left behind? In a society where suicide is often viewed with fear or disapproval, it can be difficult for those personally affected by a suicide death to come to terms with their loss and seek help and support. A Special Scar looks in detail at the stigma surronding suicide and offers practical help for survivors, relatives and friends of people who have taken their own life. Fifty bereaved people tell their own stories, showing us that, by not hiding the truth from themselves and others, they have been able to learn to live with the suicide, offering hope to others facing this traumatic loss. This new, revised edition includes new material on:
* counselling survivors of suicide
* group work with survivors.
The new material incorporates the latest research findings which have added significantly to our understanding of the impact of suicide, an area which the UK Government has targeted for action in the mental health arena. This new edition will continue to be an invaluable resource for survivors of suicide as well as for all those who are in contact with them, including police and coroner's officers, bereavement services, self-help organisations for survivors, mental health professionals, social workers, GPs, counsellors and therapists.
Alison Wertheimer has been working as a freelance writer and researcher since 1987, after working in the voluntary sector for twenty years. She has a private counselling practice, is a supervisor with a bereavement counselling service and runs workshops on the impact of suicide bereavement.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review:

'The first edition of this important book opened our eyes to the special needs of people bereaved by suicide. Since that time the author and others have increased our understanding of these needs and helped to develop services to meet them. In this second edition she has drawn on this knowledge and experience to augment and enhance the foundation which she laid... a volume which will be of value to members of caring professions, counsellors and other bereavement service providers.' - Colin Murray Parkes, in his Foreword.

Synopsis:

This new edition of A Special Scar looks in detail at the stigma surrounding suicide and offers practical help for survivors, relatives and friends of people who have taken their own life. Incorporating the latest research findings, and new material on counselling and groupwork with survivors of suicide, it will continue to be an invaluable resource for survivors as well as for all those in contact with them, including policy and coroner's officers, bereavement services, self-help organisations, mental health professionals, social workers, GPs, counsellors and psychotherapists.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.