We compiled the list below from our own experiences as well as from recommendations from other survivors. As such, we cannot vouch for each individual resource. As with all aspects of the After Journey, find what works for you, which could be different at various times in your journey. While we are traveling together, each of our journeys is unique and what we find helpful may be unique as well.

Support Groups

• Alliance for Hope for suicide loss survivors - https://forum.allianceofhope.org/forums/-/list

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - https://afsp.org/find-a-support-group

• American Society of Suicidology - https://suicidology.org/resources/suicide-loss-survivors/

• British Columbia Bereavement Helpline, Suicide Grief Support - https://bcbh.ca/grief-support/suicide-grief-support/

• Coalition of Clinician-Survivors - https://www.cliniciansurvivor.org/# 

• Community Support After Suicide (Peachtree Comprehensive Health) - https://www.pchprofessionals.com/community-support-after-suicide  

• Compassionate Friends Loss to Suicide group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/tcflosstosuicide

• Emotions Matter Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Loss Group - https://emotionsmatterbpd.org/bpd-loss-group (note that not all losses are suicide, though many are. All losses have a connection to BPD.)

• Friends and Families of Suicide (FFOS) - https://www.pos-ffos.com/groups/ffos.htm

• Friends for Survival - https://friendsforsurvival.org/

• Heartbeat: Grief Support Following Suicide - https://www.heartbeatsurvivorsaftersuicide.org/services

• Helping Parents Heal: Special Interest Group -Moving Forward After Suicide - https://www.helpingparentsheal.org/affiliate-groups/special-interest-groups/ (note that Helping Parents Heal “goes a step beyond other groups by allowing the open discussion of spiritual experiences and afterlife evidence—in a non-dogmatic way.  HPH affiliate groups welcome everyone regardless of religious or non-religious background and encourage open dialog.”)

• Long Island Survivors of Suicide - https://lisos.org/ 

• The Lounge - https://www.workingonmygrief.com/about-4 

• Parents of Suicide (POS) - https://www.pos-ffos.com/groups/pos.htm

• Sail to Heal - https://www.sail2heal.org/ 

• Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE) - https://save.org/save-support-groups/

• Working on My Grief  - https://www.workingonmygrief.com/ 

Books

• Beal, Karyl Chastain (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018). Faces of Suicide, Volumes One to Five.

• Cacciatore, Joanne (2017). Bearing the Unbearable. Wisdom Publications.

• Clark, Ann (2020). Gone to Suicide. A mom’s truth on heartbreak, transformation and prevention. Iuniverse.

• Collins, Eileen Vorbach (2023). Love in the Archives. a patchwork of true stories about suicide loss. Apprentice House Press.

• Cross, Tracey (2013). Suicide among gifted children and adolescents. Understanding the suicidal mind. Prufrock Press.

• Dougy Center, The (2001). After a Suicide: An Activity Book for Grieving Kids. Dougy Center.

• Estes, Clarissa Pinkola (1988). The Faithful Gardener. HarperCollinsSanFrancisco.

• Fine, Carla (1997). No Time to Say Goodbye. Surviving the suicide of a loved one. Broadway Books.

• Heilmann, Lena M.Q. (2019). Still with Us. Voices of Sibling Suicide Loss Survivors. BDI Publishers.

• Hickman, Martha Whitmore (1994). Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations For Working Through Grief. William Morrow Paperbacks

• Jamison, Kay Redfield (2000). Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide. Vintage.

• Johnson, Julie Tallard (1994). Hidden Victims, Hidden Healers. An eight-stage healing process for families and friends of the mentally ill. Pema Publications.

• Joiner, Thomas (2005). Why People Die by Suicide. Harvard University Press

• Joiner, Thomas (2010). Myths About Suicide. Harvard University Press.

• Kushner, Harold S. (2004). When Bad Things Happen to Good People. Anchor Books

• O’Connor, Mary-Francis (2022). The Grieving Brain. HarperOne.

• Rasmussen, Christina (2019). Second Firsts. Hay House Inc.

• Shapiro, Larry (2020). Brain Pain. Giving insight to children who have lost a family member or a loved one to suicide. Safe Haven Books.

• Wickersham, Julie (2009). The Suicide Index: Putting My Father's Death in Order. Mariner Books.

Therapies

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) - https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/patients-and-families/cognitive-behavioral

• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) - https://dbt-lbc.org/index.php

• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) - https://www.emdria.org/

• Prolonged Exposure (PE) - https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/treatments/prolonged-exposure 

Memorial Sites

• Faces of Suicide – memorial site for those who died by suicide -  https://www.facesofsuicide.com/

• Suicide Memorial Wall – tribute site for those who died by suicide - https://www.suicidememorialwall.com/

Suicide Prevention Resources

• #Bethe1to - https://www.bethe1to.com/ 

• Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention - http://actionallianceforsuicideprevention.org/resources

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) - https://afsp.org/find-support/resources/

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/suicide/resources.html

• Crisis Text Line - https://www.crisistextline.org/, Text HOME to 741-741

• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/suicide-prevention/index.shtml

• Now Matters Now - https://nowmattersnow.org/ 

• Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide (SPTS) - http://www.sptsusa.org/

• Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE) - https://save.org/

• Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) - http://www.sprc.org/

• The Trevor Project - www.thetrevorproject.org/

• Zero Suicide - https://zerosuicide.edc.org/