A Critical, Relational Approach for Working with Suicide in Family Therapy

Suicidality is a major global public health issue that couple and family therapists will inevitably encounter in their clinical work. While relational therapies for addressing suicidality are growing, few specifically outline ways to address the influence of systemic oppression on suicidality, reflecting push de‐politicise suicide research. To this issue, scholars have proposed integrating narrative approaches with evidence‐based practices. This paper therefore delineates integration therapy dialectical behaviour as material discursive therapy. All main aspects theory described, including epistemological framework, approach therapeutic relationship, interventions. Finally, change process described using case examples throughout illustrate which these models can be integrated produce critical,