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Storying the suicide of one's child

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Using selected concepts from Judith Herman's trauma model, psychoanalytic theory, and narrative theory, the clinical work with a griefstricken couple attempting to understand the suicide of their 26-year-old son, is presented. Within a short-term therapy, the goals were the deconstruction of a guilt-saturated narrative about the trauma, and the construction of an alternative narrative.

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McQuaide, S. Storying the suicide of one's child. Clin Soc Work J 23, 417–428 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02191630

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