Supporting Counselors After a Client Suicide: Creative Supervision Techniques
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2017
Originally Published In
Journal of Creativity in Mental Health
Volume Number
12
Issue Number
4
Page Numbers
451-467
Abstract
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.
