Knowing how to help a suicidal person is difficult for most of us. We are afraid to “do the wrong thing” and stimulate their resolve. In order to help with this issue, the clinical social worker Stacey Freedenthal wrote the book “Helping the suicidal person,” with eighty-nine tips on how to approach someone who is contemplating suicide.

Stacey has personal experience with suicide ideation because she experienced it herself in her 20s; she also lost friends to voluntary death. Today, she works in Dever, Colorado, treating suicidal patients and grief related to this kind of loss.

In this interview, I ask her to explain some of the suggestions explored in the book, not only regarding what to say but also what we should all avoid doing when listening to individuals at risk for suicide.

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