Support After Suicide offers one-on-one counselling to people who have been bereaved by suicide in Victoria. Counselling is available in person, online or over the phone.
“I had a notion of depression before but after the suicide you really start to experience it yourself. It was so important to get reassurance that these feelings were ok, that I was going to be ok. It is such an important distinction between feeling depressed and sad because I had lost my son, but not feeling so depressed and sad that I would end up like my son. I cannot imagine where I would be without the service.”
What our participants say
"I felt that it was really important to me to bond with people that had been through the same thing so I found the support group very beneficial. I looked into people's eyes. I looked at them, and I thought, you are just normal, like I am. I don't know what I expected, but they were just normal, everyday people."
What our participants say
“I do not know how I would have survived without the Support After Suicide program and its people in my life. I cannot thank them enough.”
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