Suicide Survivors: How to Help and How to Heal
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Educational Goal
Participants will learn about suicide and working with suicide survivors.
Description
There are 80 percent more suicides than homicides in our country. The 32,000 self-inflicted deaths leave many survivors; those closest to the person who died by suicide are vulnerable to substance abuse and self-injury (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009). Suicide is a major public health concern, like heart disease and cancer.
This session will focus on the definition of Suicide, Statistics, Reasons People Die from Suicide, and How to support suicide survivors.
Target Audience
- Counselor
- Marriage & Family Therapist
- Psychologist
- Social Worker
- Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Presenters
Marc Markell is a professor emeritus at St. Cloud State University in the Department of Special Education. He also teaches at Worsham College of Mortuary Science. In addition, Marc teaches an online class at a university in Korea. He also teaches Our Whole Lives for K-1st and 4-5th graders and Death Education to 2 and 3rd graders and 6th and 7th graders at Mayflower United Church of Christ.
Marc earned his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and Educational Psychology. He is a certified Professional Development Specialist through the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning. He is a certified Thanatologist through the Association of Death Educators and Counseling and certified in Death and Grief Studies from Colorado State University through the Center for Loss and Life Transition.
He has presented locally, nationally, and internationally. Marc has earned the following certifications/training from national professional organizations: End of Life Doula, Crematory Operator, Funeral Arranger, and Celebrant. Marc has published three books on grief, book chapters, and numerous articles.