Jill McMahon is a licensed professional counselor, focusing her work on grief and loss.  She has specialized in working with Survivors of Suicide since 2003 when she was first introduced to suicide bereavement while working for the Wendt Center for Loss and Healing in Washington, D.C.   Jill assisted in building the LOSS Program (Local Outreach for Suicide Survivors) to Phoenix, AZ., and outlying communities.  This  post-vention model provides immediate support services for Survivors of suicide from the inception of death, often times comforting families at the scene of a suicide.

Jill can also be found providing suicide preventions presentations and trainings around the community, as well as speaking about Survivors of Suicide and complicated grief, nationally and internationally. She has been featured on several podcasts, co-authored a series of books, as well as being consulted for several other publications.

Jill's owns a private practice in Scottsdale, AZ.  Her work focuses on helping families maneuver trauma and loss. She realizes that no one is exempt from the complicated loss of suicide, and the wake left behind is tangled and complex.

Jill is licensed professional counselor, focusing her work on trauma and grief. She has spent 20 years of her career specializing in suicide loss and bereavement. Jill has supported friends and family members in the first hours, and into the years that follow, after the loss of a loved one to suicide. Jill has worked in both non-profit and private practice settings.

Jill is an expert in the complexities of suicide loss and bereavement. She has been trained by Dr. Frank Campbell, Ph.D., at the National Suicide Training Center, and has served as a L.O.S.S.(Local Outreach for Suicide Survivors) Team Associate for many years. That integral experience led Jill to provide trainings to several communities throughout the country in the L.O.S.S. team model, helping them to implement their own suicide bereavement support plan. Studies have shown that through the utilization of the L.O.S.S. Team model, future suicides are prevented.

Jill loves to speak publicly, and has been featured on several podcasts and radio segments, speaking on issues such as: suicide bereavement complexities, teenaged anxiety/depression, family dynamics, and post-pandemic affects, to name a few. She has been honored to speak at several national and international conferences, as well as many other community forums.

Currently Jill’s excited to be working on a new book that will focus on healing the trauma related to gun violence. Her wish is that this book will become a vital tool of hope for Survivors.  Additionally, its Jills desire that it will be used as a road map for counseling students everywhere, facilitating the best client care for gun violence survivors.

She can’t wait to share it with you in 2024.

Links:

• Website
• Instagram
• Book on Amazon