Suicide and self-harm reduction services include therapeutic support, follow-up care and linkages to services to individuals who engage in self-harm, are at suicidal risk, have attempted suicide, or have lost a loved one to suicide. The program serves all ages, and individuals can be self-referred or referred by partner agencies. Clients are assessed for eligibility for individual, family, and/or group services, as appropriate.
Individual Therapy is available for individuals who may be experiencing depression, anxiety, self-harm, severe stress and/or suicidal thoughts, or had a suicide attempt. Program staff work collaboratively with clients to develop an effective safety plan.
Postvention Group Therapy for Survivors of Suicide Attempts (SOSA) Group Therapy— The program offers closed groups that provide a safe, non-judgmental place for individuals who have survived a suicide attempt to talk about the feelings that led them to attempt suicide. The goal of this group is to support recovery and provide clients with skills for coping with deep hurt. Postvention therapy includes an eight-week support group that utilizes evidence-based best practices.
Family Therapy— Suicide and self-harm affect families in profound ways. Family therapy is available to couples, parents and adult children to help them navigate the unique challenges of supporting a loved who is engaging in self-harm or struggling with suicidal thoughts.
Bereavement Support
Program offers bereavement support to individuals requiring support for losing a loved one to suicide. Services include:
Individual Therapeutic services to support individuals cope with the trauma of suicide loss. Services focus on building resilience, providing strategies for maintaining safety, and supporting the healing process through personalized therapeutic approaches.
Survivors After Suicide Group (SAS) is an eight-week group, co-facilitated by a suicide bereavement therapist and a survivor, to provide a safe, stigma-free space for survivors to share experiences, ask questions, and express their emotions, helping them move forward with their lives.
Family Therapy is available to couples, parents, adult children, and other relatives to help them navigate the unique challenges of coping with a suicide-related loss together.
Survivors After Suicide Drop-In Services— Grief following suicide loss can be long-term. To support individuals over time, monthly drop-in groups in both English and Spanish are available for those coping with suicide loss. These groups are available to SAS alumni and those who have received individual counseling, helping them continue their healing process in the months and years following their losses.
Community-based Loss Support- Compassionate, peer-led emotional support to individuals and families is offered by Peer Support Specialists with lived experience to aid in attending to any immediate suicide loss in the community. Community-based loss support will provide debriefing and emotional support to individuals impacted by the loss.
Language(s): English, Spanish, Vietnamese and Arabic.
Hours of Operation: Regularly scheduled hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
