31st May, 2020 Dear Diary During the past few weeks I been so pre-occupied with my personal observations of Covid-19, that I have forgotten to update you on recent developments, associated with my work. Just to remind you, I have specialised in suicide bereavement...
Post 3of 4 ‘StandBy’ has recently developed a short term (eight week) model of support for communities that have experienced suicide clusters and/or contagion. This service is aptly referred to as a Critical Postvention Response (CPR). This model is...
Post 2 of 4 It was a real honour to meet Jill Fisher as she is recognised as one of the leaders in the field of postvention. Jill has received several accolades in recognition of her contribution to this newly developing field and include the following: 2011...
My next meeting was with Jill Fisher who is employed by ‘United Synergies’ to address the needs of those bereaved by suicide. Whilst the main purpose of my meeting was to learn about the work that Jill is doing in postvention, I would be...
I arranged to meet Sandra Palmer who is a registered trauma counsellor who has been involved in the development of the Clinical Advisory Services Aotearoa Ltd (CASA) which is based in Auckland, New Zealand. CASA provide a Community Postvention Response Service (CPRS)...
I met Gilli Sinclair in Auckland, New Zealand, to learn about the excellent postvention service that she has developed, which aims to support young people/schools when a pupil has died by suicide. Gilli is a mental health nurse who works with young people. She is...
