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Confidential Grief: How Counselors Cope With Client Suicide

Title:
Confidential Grief: How Counselors Cope With Client Suicide
Authors:
Lena Salpietro, PhD, LPCC, NCC; Clark D. Ausloos, PhD; Madeline Clark, PhD, LPCC-S, LPC, NCC, ACS; Rosalyn Zacarias, MS, LMHC, CST; and Jacob Perez, MS
Description:
The death of a client by suicide can have profound personal and professional effects on counselors, but the grief counselors experience is often invisible due to confidentiality and limited institutional support. This article draws on qualitative interviews with licensed professional counselors who have experienced client suicide and explores the professional challenges of navigating bereavement. Learners will examine common reactions and practical strategies that promote resilience and meaning-making. The article also highlights implications for counselor educators, supervisors, agencies, and the profession in creating more supportive responses for clinicians following a client suicide.

Learning Objectives:

  • Learners will describe the unique emotional and professional impact of client suicide on counselors, including the role of confidential and disenfranchised grief.
  • Learners will identify common barriers and supports that influence counselors' ability to cope with and process the loss of a client to suicide.
  • Learners will apply evidence-informed strategies that supervisors, counselor educators, agencies, and clinicians can use to foster healing, resilience, and professional growth following a client suicide.

CE Credit: 1 NBCC Hours; 0 CRCC Hours; 1 WA Hours; 0 APT Hours; 0 NAADAC Hours; 1 NY Hours; 0 Ethics Hours

NBCC ACEP No. 1000
September 01, 2026
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