Support After Suicide provides a range of services to support children, young people and adults bereaved by suicide.
Support After Suicide operates with belonging, acceptance and understanding.
Support After Suicide provides counselling to individuals, couples and families who are bereaved by suicide.
Support After Suicide facilitates a number of regular support groups and programs for people bereaved by suicide to find connection and support.
Support After Suicide partners with Switchboard Victoria to provide a range of services for LGBTQIA+ people bereaved by suicide.
Our online communities offer people bereaved by suicide to connect and support each other at any time. They are available to anyone in Australia.
An opportunity for people recently bereaved by suicide to hear from our experienced counsellors and someone with lived experience of suicide bereavement.
Our postvention coordination team helps to facilitate a community response to a suicide in a local community.
Visit here to see our upcoming monthly support groups, workshops and special events.
We know that the hours and days after your loved one has passed away can be traumatic and overwhelming. There is support available.
Grief is a universal experience. It is a human response to a loss of someone we love and value. However, it can also be a very difficult experience.
Children may experience grief differently to adults and do not always have the words to express their feelings. It is important to communicate clearly, openly and honestly with children after a loss to suicide.
In grief, particularly following a suicide, it is not uncommon to experience feelings of guilt. These feelings can be very uncomfortable and distressing.
If you have a friend or family member who has lost a loved one to suicide, you may find the information on this page helpful.
As you return to work, celebrate special occasions or are approaching significant dates after the loss of your loved ones, we provide some strategies that you may useful as you navigate your grief.
Here you can find links to our books and publications, informative fact sheets, videos and podcasts, and our regularly updated blog.
Links to crisis services for immediate support, as well as contact details for additional services that provide support to those bereaved by suicide.
Read stories from people who have lost a loved one to suicide.
Our volunteers provide vital lived experience insights to our program.
An initiative of Jesuit Social Services
Over the past 20 years, Support After Suicide has produced a number of books and publications with our program participants.
Many people feel daunted by the idea of telling a child about the suicide death of a loved one. This book features professional tips and advice on talking with children and young people about suicide, as well as first-person stories by program participants.
An anthology of work by writers who have experienced the loss of a loved one to suicide. Through workshops and discussions, the writers identified that when suicide occurs, the effect upon those left behind is like ripples in a pond. These ripples form the themes of writings presented in this book.
Our second anthology of creative work by people bereaved by suicide. It is a compassionate yet sobering light on the torment, bewilderment and, ultimately, the inspiring resilience of those left behind.
A collection of stories and poetry from men sharing their experience of losing a loved one to suicide.
This booklet was prepared following a series of meetings with parents bereaved by suicide.
An initiative of Jesuit Social Services
An initiative of Jesuit Social Services