Supporting Counselors After a Client Suicide: Creative Supervision Techniques

Many professional counselors will experience the loss of a client to suicide. The effects of this loss are explored in this article. The supervisor's role in supporting a supervisee after a client's suicide is presented. Additionally, creative interventions that can be used by supervisors...

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Published in:	Journal of creativity in mental health Vol. 12; no. 4; pp. 451 - 467
Main Authors:	Whisenhunt, Julia L., DuFresne, Robin M., Stargell, Nicole A., Rovnak, Amanda, Zoldan, Chelsey A., Kress, Victoria E.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Binghamton Routledge 02-10-2017 Haworth Press, Inc
Subjects:	CBT client suicide Clients creativity creativity in counseling narrative solution-focused Suicide Supervision
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Summary:	Many professional counselors will experience the loss of a client to suicide. The effects of this loss are explored in this article. The supervisor's role in supporting a supervisee after a client's suicide is presented. Additionally, creative interventions that can be used by supervisors to support supervisees after the loss of a client are provided. These creative techniques are theoretically grounded within the cognitive behavioral, solution-focused, and narrative paradigms.
ISSN:	1540-1383 1540-1391
DOI:	10.1080/15401383.2017.1281184