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Community Resources

Connect and learn about organizations and groups who understand the impacts of losing someone to suicide, and support and engagement efforts within your community.

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention 
afsp.org

State of Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
 After A Suicide Loss | Department of Public Health & Environment (colorado.gov)

Suicide Prevention Coalition of Colorado  
www.suicidepreventioncolorado.org

CopingAfterSuicide.com – organization based in New York that has closed virtual support groups, many offerings are relationship specific. 
https://www.copingaftersuicide.com/support-groups

Support for those who have Attempted Suicide:

Support Group Curriculum by Didi Hirsch – 
https://didihirsch.org/wp-content/uploads/Manual_for_Support_Groups_for_Survivors_of_Suicide_Attempts.pdf

https://afsp.org/after-an-attempt/ 

Books specific to Suicide Loss:

I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One by Brook Noel and Pamela Blair
Silent Grief: Living in the Wake of Suicide by Christopher Lukas and Henry M Seiden

After Suicide Loss: Coping with Your Grief by Jack Jordan, Ph.D., and Bob Baugher, Ph.D

Black Suicide: The Tragic Reality of America’s Deadliest Secret by Alton R. Kirk, Ph.D.

Dying to Be Free: A Healing Guide for Families after a Suicide by Beverly Cobain and Jean Larch

The Gift of Second: Healing from the Impact of Suicide by Brandy Lidbeck

The Wilderness of Suicide Grief: Finding Your Way by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D.

Why Suicide? Questions and Answers about Suicide, Suicide Prevention, and Coping with the Suicide of Someone You Know by Eric Marcus

All the Wrong Places: A Life Lost and Found by Philip Connors

A Special Scar: The Experience of People Bereaved by Suicide by Alison Wertheimer

Before Their Time: Adult Children’s Experiences of Parental Suicide by Mary and Maureen Stimming

In Her Wake: A Child Psychiatrist Explores the Mystery of Her Mother’s Suicide by Nancy Rappaport

I’ll Write Your Name on Every Beach: A Mother’s Quest for Comfort, Courage and Clarity after Suicide Loss by Susan Auerbach

Letters to Mitch: The Healing Power of Grief, Love & Truth by Marshall Dunn

Still With Us: Voices of Sibling Suicide Loss Survivors by Lena M Q Heilmann

Suicide Survivors’ Club: A Family’s Journey through the Death of Their Loved One by Rebecca Anderson (author/suicide loss survivor), Laurie Phillips (artist/storyteller)

Surviving Suicide: Searching for “Normal” with Heartache & Humor by Deena Baxter

Passing Reflections, Volume III: Surviving Suicide Loss through Mindfulness by Kristen Spexarth

A Long-Shadowed Grief: Suicide and Its Aftermath by Harold Ivan Smith

From the Ashes Flies the Phoenix: Creating a Powerful Life after a Suicide by Gretta Krane

Books for Helping Children:

After a Suicide Death: An Activity Book for Grieving Kids by The Dougy Center for Grieving Children & Families

After a Parent’s Suicide: Helping Children Heal by Margo Requarth

Conversations of Courage: A Caregiver-Guided Activity Journal for the Child of Suicide Loss by Erika Barber, MAT, CCLS, AFSP Illinois Chapter

Understanding Suicide, Supporting Children by The Dougy Center for Grieving Children & Families, 2011. Available through the Dougy Center.

Supporting Children after a Suicide Loss: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers by Sarah Montgomery, LCSW-C, and Susan Coale, LCSW-C

Books for Adolescents and Teens:

I Was Here by Gayle Forman

For Professionals:

Grief after Suicide: Understanding the Consequences and Caring for the Survivors by John R. Jordan, Ph.D., and John McIntosh, Ph.D. (Eds.)

Therapeutic and Legal Issues for Therapists Who Have Survived a Client Suicide: Breaking the Silence by Kayla Miriyam Weiner