Andrew Reeves is an Emeritus Professor in the Counselling Professions and Mental Health and Associate Affiliate Professor at the University of Malta.  He is additionally a Senior BACP Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist, a Registered Social Worker and a Senior Accredited Coach and Coach Supervisor with EMCC. He is a past Chair of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a Fellow of BACP and a Senior Fellow of Advance HE. He has published extensively on working in counselling and psychotherapy, and particularly in working with risk in a range of organizational settings. He is past Editor-in-Chief of the journal Counselling and Psychotherapy Research and has a long-standing commitment to ethics in the counselling professions, including in writing and research.

• PART ONE: CONTEXTUAL ASPECTS OF WORKING WITH SUICIDE RISKSuicide and Counselling: An IntroductionHistorical Perspectives on Suicide and the Emergence of the Medical ModelSuicide Trends and StatisticsPART TWO: THE PREDICTION-PREVENTION MODEL, POLICY AND ETHICSSuicide Risk Factors and AssessmentThe Influence of Policy and the Prediction-Prevention CultureThe Ethical Imperative of SuicideConfidentiality, Capacity and ConsentPART THREE: ORGANIZATIONSCounselling Suicidal Clients in Organizational SettingsDeveloping Procedures and GuidancePART FOUR: THE CLIENT PROCESSUnderstanding SuicideThe Use of Language in Counselling Suicidal ClientsFrom Self-Murder to Self-SupportSuicide and Self-Injury: Annihilation and SurvivalPART FIVE: THE COUNSELLOR PROCESSThe Counsellor and Suicide Risk: Personal Perspectives and Professional ActionsPotential Dangers and DifficultiesPART SIX: KEY ASPECTS OF COUNSELLING WITH SUICIDAL CLIENTSTightropes and Safety Nets: Supporting PracticeGood Practice for Self-SupportTraining Implications for CounsellingPART SEVEN: CONCLUSIONSConcluding Thoughts

′Andrew Reeves has produced a timely and challenging book that maintains a vitalbalance between scholarship, original research, clinical insight, practicalapplication and an evident compassion for those in such need′ - European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling

Andrew Reeves is an Emeritus Professor in the Counselling Professions and Mental Health and Associate Affiliate Professor at the University of Malta.  He is additionally a Senior BACP Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist, a Registered Social Worker and a Senior Accredited Coach and Coach Supervisor with EMCC. He is a past Chair of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a Fellow of BACP and a Senior Fellow of Advance HE. He has published extensively on working in counselling and psychotherapy, and particularly in working with risk in a range of organizational settings. He is past Editor-in-Chief of the journal Counselling and Psychotherapy Research and has a long-standing commitment to ethics in the counselling professions, including in writing and research.

• PART ONE: CONTEXTUAL ASPECTS OF WORKING WITH SUICIDE RISKSuicide and Counselling: An IntroductionHistorical Perspectives on Suicide and the Emergence of the Medical ModelSuicide Trends and StatisticsPART TWO: THE PREDICTION-PREVENTION MODEL, POLICY AND ETHICSSuicide Risk Factors and AssessmentThe Influence of Policy and the Prediction-Prevention CultureThe Ethical Imperative of SuicideConfidentiality, Capacity and ConsentPART THREE: ORGANIZATIONSCounselling Suicidal Clients in Organizational SettingsDeveloping Procedures and GuidancePART FOUR: THE CLIENT PROCESSUnderstanding SuicideThe Use of Language in Counselling Suicidal ClientsFrom Self-Murder to Self-SupportSuicide and Self-Injury: Annihilation and SurvivalPART FIVE: THE COUNSELLOR PROCESSThe Counsellor and Suicide Risk: Personal Perspectives and Professional ActionsPotential Dangers and DifficultiesPART SIX: KEY ASPECTS OF COUNSELLING WITH SUICIDAL CLIENTSTightropes and Safety Nets: Supporting PracticeGood Practice for Self-SupportTraining Implications for CounsellingPART SEVEN: CONCLUSIONSConcluding Thoughts

′Andrew Reeves has produced a timely and challenging book that maintains a vitalbalance between scholarship, original research, clinical insight, practicalapplication and an evident compassion for those in such need′ - European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling

Andrew Reeves is an Emeritus Professor in the Counselling Professions and Mental Health and Associate Affiliate Professor at the University of Malta.  He is additionally a Senior BACP Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist, a Registered Social Worker and a Senior Accredited Coach and Coach Supervisor with EMCC. He is a past Chair of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a Fellow of BACP and a Senior Fellow of Advance HE. He has published extensively on working in counselling and psychotherapy, and particularly in working with risk in a range of organizational settings. He is past Editor-in-Chief of the journal Counselling and Psychotherapy Research and has a long-standing commitment to ethics in the counselling professions, including in writing and research.

• PART ONE: CONTEXTUAL ASPECTS OF WORKING WITH SUICIDE RISKSuicide and Counselling: An IntroductionHistorical Perspectives on Suicide and the Emergence of the Medical ModelSuicide Trends and StatisticsPART TWO: THE PREDICTION-PREVENTION MODEL, POLICY AND ETHICSSuicide Risk Factors and AssessmentThe Influence of Policy and the Prediction-Prevention CultureThe Ethical Imperative of SuicideConfidentiality, Capacity and ConsentPART THREE: ORGANIZATIONSCounselling Suicidal Clients in Organizational SettingsDeveloping Procedures and GuidancePART FOUR: THE CLIENT PROCESSUnderstanding SuicideThe Use of Language in Counselling Suicidal ClientsFrom Self-Murder to Self-SupportSuicide and Self-Injury: Annihilation and SurvivalPART FIVE: THE COUNSELLOR PROCESSThe Counsellor and Suicide Risk: Personal Perspectives and Professional ActionsPotential Dangers and DifficultiesPART SIX: KEY ASPECTS OF COUNSELLING WITH SUICIDAL CLIENTSTightropes and Safety Nets: Supporting PracticeGood Practice for Self-SupportTraining Implications for CounsellingPART SEVEN: CONCLUSIONSConcluding Thoughts

′Andrew Reeves has produced a timely and challenging book that maintains a vitalbalance between scholarship, original research, clinical insight, practicalapplication and an evident compassion for those in such need′ - European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling