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“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson~

The Hard Thing- Asking Your Child About Suicide

Talking about suicide is hard. Asking about suicide is even harder. Especially if you are a parent who is worried about your teenager having suicidal thoughts. With the current trend of 42% of high school students experiencing persistent sadness and hopelessness, and 22% of high school students seriously considering attempting suicide, becoming comfortable with asking your child about suicide is essential.
Having a conversation with your child about suicide can be uncomfortable. It brings up all sorts of emotions for both you the parent and for your child. Often times parents do not feel equipped to talk to their child about suicide. With this course, you will gain the skill and confidence to ask the hard questions that need to be asked to help identify if your child needs closer supervision or even specialized help. With learning how to do the hard thing, how to inquire about suicide, you open a door of communication between you and your child that just may safe their life.
Parents can prevent suicide if they have the courage to ask the hard thing.
Parents can prevent suicide if they know better.
Know better, DoBetter and feel better.

About Dr. Shivana

Dr. Shivana Naidoo, MD is a married mom of 2 boys and lives in Chandler, Arizona. She remains a New Yorker at heart, spending her childhood, most of her young adulthood and all of her psychiatric training in Queens and Brooklyn, NY. She has studied the cello at The Juilliard School of Music. She is a singer- songwriter, and enjoys writing music and playing the guitar. Her parents and grandparents were teachers. She also loves to teach. She enjoys teaching residents, patients, their families. She also loves to learn.

Her favorite teachers of all time are her children and her patients.

She believes that it takes more than medication and therapy to elevate your mental health. She believes that how you move, eat, and interact with your inner/outer world also affects how you feel. Her approach focuses on taking action oriented steps that help her clients to do better and feel better. Her work will propel you into purposeful action.