Posted: September 1st, 2014

Discuss family crisis and coping as it relates to the suicide by a family member

1) Discuss family crisis and coping as it relates to the suicide by a family member. What thoughts and feelings might children and other family members struggle with following the suicide?

2) Apply two concepts from the text chapter that are useful in understanding the coping process, as illustrated in the video (e.g. communication and coping (pp. 26-28), resiliency at the interpersonal level (pp. 12-13), family appraisal (pp. 35-36). Introduce the concept, then provide examples from the video. How might these concepts guide intervention with a family in crisis due to suicide?