Loss of a client to suicide: Suggestions for before and after a client suicide

The Couple and Family Therapist's Notebook: Homework, Handouts, and Activities for Use in Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 223-231

  Vorkoper, Charles F ^a   Meade, Judy ^b  

^a National Council on Problem Gambling   (United States)

^b American Association of Suicidology   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315799797     Document Type: Chapter

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