Formulating a Recovery Plan

01/04/2020 Raymond Viger 2

It’s often not the place of a crisis counselor to participate in long-term therapy. Other specialist resources might be better suited to the moment. In the short term, the important thing is to get the sufferer to realize that he or she needs a long-term […] See more

Everyone is different

09/04/2019 Raymond Viger 3

Emotions can make what seems to others to be an insignificant event feel like it’s the end of the world to us. A person’s filters can act like a magnifying glass, intensifying a glint of sunlight into a white-hot beam. We’re not all made from […] See more

The Key Moment

07/04/2019 Raymond Viger 2

The true crisis moment happens when the sufferer realizes he or she can’t digest or handle an event in life that involves personal loss of some sort. The sufferer is drowning in despair. Hopelessness builds. Suicidal thoughts sit at the end of a road, be […] See more

The Crisis

06/04/2019 Raymond Viger 2

Every single serious personal crisis doesn’t necessarily lead to a suicide. Nonetheless, every crisis has certain characteristics in common: A high, accumulated level of stress, making the sufferer very fragile and vulnerable; The sufferer’s inability to use normal methods to find solutions to personal difficulties; […] See more

Coping with Stress

04/18/2019 Raymond Viger 0

Stress is a sneaky, insidious force that weaves its web inside your mind until all you see are shades of black. By Raymond Viger  How we escape stress can cause us even more harm: alcohol, drugs, escapism… But not all our responses to stress are, […] See more

A Few Basic Facts (Part IV)

03/04/2019 Raymond Viger 2

Let’s demystify the process. Here are a few basic facts: Music and movies can’t motivate a person to suicide. Suicide results from a troubled soul, not because a rapper advocates the act. We shouldn’t brush off a suicidal person. Some think that the best therapy […] See more