Surviving Suicidal Ideation: From Therapy to Spirituality and the Lived Experience

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

Surviving Suicidal Ideation embarks 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.

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.

Gina Cavalier is an author, podcast host, and spiritual teacher. She founded The Liberated Healer, LLC to help others self-heal by providing them with wellness tools and instruction. Amelia Kelley (LCMHC) is a therapist, trainer, podcaster, and writer in the science-help field. She is a licensed art therapist, HSP therapist, brainspotting therapist, EMDR-informed therapist, and meditation teacher, as well as a certified yoga instructor who integrates therapeutic yoga with psychotherapy. She serves as a coach and trainer for SAS’s Work Life Program in Cary, North Carolina, and is a resident trainer for the NC Art Therapy Institute. For more information please visit www.ameliakelley.com.