Understanding Suicide - Giving the Real Experts a Voice
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Hall
Thursday 23rd October
6.30pm
Join us in DLR County Hall, as eight people bereaved by suicide share their family story, their experience of Constellation Work, and the way it supported them to heal and move on with their lives.
They will speak as part of the Dublin launch of Brendan O’Brien’s book, “Understanding Suicide A New Lens”.
Following an incredibly moving event in UCC in May, where eight other people spoke of their work around the death of a loved one, we invite all those of you who work in the area of suicide and family trauma to hear the real experts on suicide.
“After Susan’s death I could not even say the word “suicide” - it stuck in my throat….I was bewildered....The guilt was huge! I should have saved her. I know now that there was a ripple of pain going through my family. There was shame in the generations that went before us. Shame comes with suicide as well. The people who take their own lives are in the depth of their own pain. We can be free if we have more of an understanding. That’s what happens in a constellation”.
Brendan says that this is very “ordinary” work, grounded in family experiences. The book looks at the need for a new lens in this very sensitive area. It presents 15 family stories - involving 20 “family constellations”. It also presents a method of working in a group situation with families touched by suicide and suicidal ideation.
We are opening new ways of understanding suicide and family trauma. All of the research on suicide suggests that this is what is most needed right now.
We hope to see many of you at the launch and we would be grateful if you would please invite others in your networks who may find the work helpful.
You can buy a signed copy of the book to be collected at the launch here. Please select “Book Launch Pick-Up” as a shipping option. Shipping is also available worldwide.
