Bulletproof - Healing After Gun Violence & Trauma
Bulletproof is a deeply compassionate, evidence-informed resource written specifically for people impacted by gun violence and traumatic loss. Licensed professional counselor and gun violence survivor Jill McMahon draws on her clinical experience and personal insight to help readers understand the psychological and physiological impact of trauma and how to move toward healing in ways that feel both safe and empowering.
The book clearly explains why trauma affects thoughts, emotions, and bodily responses, without political rhetoric, and provides straightforward techniques to help survivors regain a sense of agency and begin integrating their experiences into a meaningful life. Through survivor stories and practical guidance, Bulletproof breaks down complex concepts into tools that are usable in everyday life. Ultimately, this book is about hope, resilience, and the possibility of life beyond trauma.
Key Themes Covered:
The real-world effects of gun violence trauma on the brain and body
Narratives from Survivors, illustrating pathways from pain to healing
Best-practice tools for mental health professionals new to this specilaity
Common reactions after gun violence events
Identifying those impacted by vicarious or secondary trauma
Tools of support for caregivers of gun violence survivors
Postvention in Action: The International Handbook of Suicide Bereavement Support
A unique and comprehensive handbook presenting the state-of-art in suicide bereavement support. Suicide is not merely the act of an individual; it always has an effect on others and can even increase the risk of suicide in the bereaved.
The International Association for Suicide Prevention, the World Health Organization, and others have recognized postvention as an important strategy for suicide prevention. This unique and comprehensive handbook, authored by nearly 100 international experts, including researchers, clinicians, support group facilitators, and survivors, presents the state-of-the-art in suicide bereavement support.
The first part examines the key concepts and the processes that the bereaved experience and illustrates them with illuminating clinical vignettes. The second and third parts look in detail at suicide support in all the most relevant settings (including general practices, the workplace, online and many others) as well as in specific groups (such as health care workers).
Frantic Unleashed: Navigating Life After Suicide
In Frantic Unleashed, Part I of the Frantic Series, survivor Missy Palrang describes her daily struggles following her husband’s death by suicide. Her journal is filled with raw emotion and insight.
At the end of each chapter, Grief Therapist Jill McMahon offers her perspective. The words she shares are a compilation of that which she’s learned in her 18 years of work with survivors. She shares common reactions, feelings, and behaviors survivors encounter as they walk through the healing process.
Frantic Unleashed: Navigating Life After Suicide
Frantic Caged, Part 2 of the Frantic Series, is a continuation of Missy’s story of healing. Each survivor will walk their own path. It’s her hope that by sharing her unfiltered experience, others will find comfort on their own road to recovery.
Missy’s therapist, Jill McMahon, continues to offer her perspective throughout these passages. Jill draws on her 18 years of experience working with survivors. She continues to share common reactions, feelings, and behaviors survivors may encounter during the healing process.
Frantic Unleashed: Navigating Life After Suicide
Frantic Tamed is the final part of the three-part Frantic Book Series in which survivor Missy Palrang shares her personal journal entries. In this series we witness the many waves of grief survivors of suicide often experience. We witness, through Missy’s authentic words, her grief journey morph and change over time. We see her learn to thrive in this new world life has handed her.
Missy’s therapist, Jill McMahon, continues to offer her perspective throughout these passages. Drawing on her 18 years of experience working with survivors, Jill shares her wisdom with survivors, those assisting the survivors, and other therapists who encounter survivors of suicide in their practices.