January 2002
The Director - Features
Ten Ways to Help Families Heal After a Teen Suicide
The loss of a child to suicide throws parents into a deep, complicated and long-lasting bereavement. In order for them to deal with the magnitude of a child's suicide, they need compassion, support and guidance from others. Family, friends, work colleagues, clergy, funeral directors and a whole host of extended comforters are vital to helping families adjust and adapt to the loss.
In the article Ten Ways to Help Families Heal after a Teen Suicide, grief educator Victor Parachin provides 10 effective ways to help families coping with a death caused by suicide.
Victor M. Parachin of Tulsa, Oklahoma, is a grief educator and author of the monthly column "Grief Relief" in The Director. He also authored the book Healing Grief. Funeral homes may purchase bulk quantities of Parachin's book at a trade discount by calling Chalice Press at 800-451-5359.
