Here Franklin Cook and Eric Marcus talk about losing their fathers to suicide, the small circle of peer support professionals, and why they have been engaged in this work.
Keep going?See the full White House Event panel on Lived Experience including Lived Experience Academy Faculty Dr. DeQuincy Lezine and Heidi Bryan.
Keep going?Franklin Cook, with Eric Marcus and Jim Giaccone talk with the Open to Hope program about the male experience of loss and grief.
Keep going?United Suicide Survivors International is an upcoming group operating by and for people with lived experience that aims to: serve as a home for people who have experienced suicide loss, suicide attempts and suicidal thoughts and feelings, and their friends and families — collectively known as people w/ lived experience with suicide – to leverage […]
Keep going?Franklin Cook talks about compassionate responses after a suicide loss, and also covers questions about why someone died by suicide as a special circumstance with suicide loss. He also talks about the importance of peer supports and being a personal grief coach.
Keep going?Providing both strength and hope, Heidi Bryan speaks about her experiences as an attempt survivor, loss survivor, and suicide prevention advocate with David Covington at the AAS Conference in 2013:
Keep going?If you ever start feeling like you're heading into a crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (800-273-8255)