Therapists and Suicide: What Happens When Therapists Are Not OK
Hystericology di Andrea Hanson, Elizabeth Beckmann
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Earlier this week the news of a murder-suicide committed by Parth Gandhi, a neuropsychologist in Utah shocked the local community. A year prior, Utah therapist David Hamblin was charged with ritualistic child abuse.In 2019 news broke of two therapists, Jarrid Wilson and Gregory Eells taking their own lives within the same week.What happens when therapists aren't ok? What does the mental health field and culture get wrong when it comes to taking care of their own and what can be done about it?Andrea Hanson LCMHC and Elizabeth Beckmann LMFT dive into the reality of suicide and abusive acts rates among mental health professionals.They speak candidly about their own experience with dark thoughts and impulses while navigating being mental health professionals fielding shame and stigma from systems, educators, supervisors, and peers as well as the barr ...