Depression and Suicide — Theater as Antidote
Join us for this thoughtful, funny, and hopeful journey
An immersive theatrical experience
Fees: Free of charge through the generosity of the following sponsors:
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Dallas Society for Psychoanalytic Society (https://www.dspp.org)
Dallas Society for Psychoanalytic Society Arts Committee (https://www.dspp.org/about)
Chrysalis Center: Integrative Psychological Health (https://www.thechrysaliscenter.com)
Group Analytic Practice of Dallas (http://www.gapdallas.com)
Course Organizer: Dale C. Godby, PhD
Co-Facilitators: Tina Ali Mohammad, MD, Melissa Black, PhD, Zane Dodd, PhD, Richard Enander, PhD,
Carla Pulliam, PhD, Angelica Tratter, PhD, Melissa Wallace, MD.
Brierley Acting Company, Dallas Theater Center: Sally Nysteun Vahle, (Director), Blake Hackler, Tiffany Solano (Actors)
Date/Time: Saturday March 2, 2024. 10:00 AM to 1:45 PM
Location: Wyly Theater Dallas
Credit Hours: 3
Description:
After watching the Dallas Theater Center actors rehearse a play about depression and suicide, we will convene a workshop for mental health professionals to explore how the threat, attempt, or completion of suicide impacts physicians and therapists.
The play, Every Brilliant Thing begins with a child making a list of everything that makes life worth living to help his mother after her suicide attempt. It takes us on a journey through grief, healing, falling in love, and rediscovering all that life has to give.
10:00 AM. Every Brilliant Thing Rehearsal
11:30 AM. Light Refreshment Break
11:45. AM. Social Dreaming Matrix—remember your dreams as we get closer to this event.
12:15. PM. Small Groups
1:15. PM. Large Group
1:45. PM. Dismiss. Lunch on your own.
Learning Objectives:
- Name two factors that help therapists who have lost a patient to suicide.
- Describe frequent sequelae impacting therapeutic work post-suicide.
- Describe three ways the narcissistic injury following the suicide of one’s patient can be repaired and signs that narcissistic injury is not being dealt with.
- Describe how a theatrical dramatization of suicide can be healing.
References
LINKS
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (https://afsp.org)
Stop Suicide Today (https://stopasuicide.org)
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/988)
ARTICLES
Current Status of Suicide Focused Assessment and Treatment: An Online Resource for (May 2022)
Gerada, C., Griffiths, F. (2019). Group for the dead. Group Analysis, 53, 297-308.
Godby, D. C. & Mohammad, T. A. Review of the book [ Beneath the White Coat: Doctors, Their Minds and Mental Health. by Clare Gerada and Zaid Al-Najir (Eds).] International Journal of Group Psychotherapy.
Gorkin, M. (1985). On the suicide of one’s patient. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 49, 1-9.