Surviving Suicidal Ideation

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A guide to help those who experience suicidal ideation heal and find peace.

By Gina Cavalier and Amelia Kelley
Foreword by Thomas Moore

Surviving Suicidal Ideation takes the reader on a profound journey through the underlying causes, stages, and powerful emotions that shape the experience of having suicidal thoughts. More importantly, it provides proven tools, exercises, and steps to curtail and heal this preventable condition. With sensitivity and clarity, Dr. Amelia Kelley and Gina Cavalier explore the interconnectedness of addiction, mental health, and trauma. The text features inspirational quotes from Emanuel Swedenborg throughout.

“Though I am doubtful a book on suicide ideation will be used by the time one is contemplating suicide, this book could save the lives of many and should be in the hands of every therapist,
psychiatrist, social worker, and counselor.” ~ International Book Publisher’s Association Awards Judge

Paperback and e-book, 272 pages

Category: Faith & Spiritual Growth, New Releases

Description

Using a unique combination of analytic and spiritual practices, mindfulness, cutting-edge brain therapy, and compassionate support, this book offers therapies and self-help techniques with corresponding exercises; hand-inked illustrations by Cavalier; a foreword by Thomas Moore, New York Times bestselling author of Care of the Soul; and an extensive list of resources.

As a public speaker, Cavalier focuses on memoir-style storytelling about living with suicidal ideation. Together, the authors present holistic approaches to suicide prevention and debunk prevalent myths. They also go beyond individual healing, emphasizing the importance of community and relationships. Ultimately, Surviving Suicidal Ideation provides a nonjudgmental guide that enables the reader to develop self-compassion and work toward a positive future filled with hope and resilience.

About the Author

Gina Cavalier is an author and illustrator, inspirational speaker, spiritual seeker, intuitive healer, and founder and host of The Liberated Healer Podcast™. For more than fifteen years, Cavalier has embarked on a fascinating healing journey that has helped her heal her suicidal ideation, and as a result, she has found self-love and her life’s purpose to be in service to others. She is in pursuit of using her experience, skills, and connections to build super-charged mobile and online applications that will make finding healing practitioners easier; and she has also performed hundreds of clairvoyant readings/healings. As a founding member of the first-ever Suicidal Ideation Anonymous Group—a non-profit that provides resources to those who need assistance—Cavalier plans on connecting with large audiences through her various platforms and on touring to support and guide those seeking to understand and heal suicidal ideation. For booking information, please email gina@theliberatedhearler.com or visit www.theliberatedhealer.com.

Dr. Amelia Kelley is a trauma-informed therapist, author, co-host of The Sensitivity Doctor’s Podcast, researcher, and certified meditation and yoga instructor. Her specialties include art therapy, internal family systems (IFS), EMDR, and brainspotting. Her work focuses on women’s issues, empowering survivors of abuse and relationship trauma, highly sensitive persons, motivation, healthy living, and adult ADHD. She is a psychology professor at Yorkville University and a nationally recognized relationship expert featured on SiriusXM Doctor Radio’s The Psychiatry Show as well as NPR’s The Measure of Everyday Life. Her private practice is part of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium at the Kinsey Institute. She is the author of Powered by ADHD, Gaslighting Recovery for Women: The Complete Guide to Recognizing Manipulation and Achieving Freedom from Emotional Abuse, coauthor of What I Wish I Knew: Surviving and Thriving After an Abusive Relationship, Surviving Suicidal Ideation: From Therapy to Spirituality and the Lived Experience, and a contributing author for Psychology Today as well as Highly Sensitive Refuge, the world’s largest blog for HSPs. Her work has been featured in Teen Vogue, Yahoo News, Lifehacker, and Insider. You can find out more about her work at ameliakelley.com. Follow her on Instagram @drameliakelley.

Reviews

Surviving Suicidal Ideation weaves mental health and spirituality in a manner that is both supportive and surprisingly engaging, given the seriousness of the topic.

While readers may feel overwhelmed with the somber weightiness of these topics, Cavalier and Kelley find a balance between addressing them appropriately and focusing on the hope and resilience that develop through the healing process. They normalize the feelings and thoughts one might experience in each of these areas.

Surviving Suicidal Ideation is a wonderful book for both professionals and nonprofessionals who wish to combine spirituality with a strong clinical perspective.

~ Barbara Hebert

Read Barbara Herbert’s full review here (PDF)

Additional information

Author	Gina Cavalier, Amelia Kelley
Foreword	Thomas Moore
Format	paperback, e-book
ISBN	978-0-87785-365-7, 978-0-87785-733-4
Length	272 pages
Release Date	June 26, 2024
Subtitle	From Therapy to Spirituality and the Lived Experience