Helping School Counselors Cope With Loss
School counselors can be deeply affected by a student’s suicide, both personally and professionally. Writing in the October Journal of Counseling & Development, lead author Jaimie Stickl Haugen of William & Mary and coauthors present insights drawn from in-depth interviews with 12 school counselors who have experienced such loss. The participating counselors shared how they found out about the student’s death, their initial and long-term reactions, and any guidance they could offer to other school counselors who might experience this trauma. The authors also recommend ways that school districts can better support counselors navigating the aftermath of a student suicide.
FEATURED ARTICLE: Volume 101 ■ Number 4 ■ October 2023
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“It's Like Losing a Family Member”: School Counselors’ Experience With Student Suicide
Jaimie Stickl Haugen, Phillip L. Waalkes, Melanie Burgess, and Paula J. Swindle
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Special Section: The Social Determinants of Mental Health and Professional Counseling: A Call to Action
Introduction
The Social Determinants of Mental Health and Professional Counseling: A Call to Action
A. Stephen Lenz, Guest Editor and Matthew E. Lemberger-Truelove, JCD Editor
Assessing the Social Determinants of Mental Health in Counseling Practice
Sheerah Neal Keith, Monica L. Coleman, Latasha Y. Hicks Becton, and Janita Springfield
Social Determinants of Mental Health: Informing Counseling Practice and Professional Identity
Danielle A. Pester, Laura K. Jones, and Zohray Talib
Integrating the Social Determinants of Mental Health Into Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning
A. Stephen Lenz and Stacey Diane A. Litam
Social Determinants of Mental Health: Implications for Measurement, Research, and Evaluation
Sarah Mason, Moira Ragan, Stephanie Hope Gilbert, and A. Stephen Lenz
Research Articles
“It's Like Losing a Family Member”: School Counselors’ Experience With Student Suicide
Jaimie Stickl Haugen, Phillip L. Waalkes, Melanie Burgess, and Paula J. Swindle
Confidential Grief: How Counselors Cope With Client Suicide
Lena Salpietro, Clark D. Ausloos, Madeline Clark, Rosalyn Zacarias, and Jacob Perez
Incidence of Client-Initiated Workplace Violence Among Counselors: A National Study
Janet Kathleen Kempf, John M. Laux, Tahani Dari, and Christine M. Fox
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