Jill Harkavy-Friedman, PhD, American Suicide Prevention, speaks with an individual whose life has been affected by the loss of a family member to suicide as part of the 2023 Suicide-Focused Assessment and Treatment: An Update for Professionals course.
Jen describes her life as divided into two parts: “before Teddy died, and after.”
When Jen’s brother Teddy died by suicide at age 41 in May 2017, Jen felt she had to be strong for the sake of their parents. She tried so hard to be strong for the rest of her family that she did not process any of her own feelings.