Support After Suicide
If you have found your way to this page, chances are, you or someone you care about has experienced the death of a loved one by suicide. I sincerely wish there was no need for the work I do in this space!
That said, know that you needn’t navigate the horror of suicide-loss alone. I was 12 years of age when my dad took his life. I get it. The shock, the struggling to make sense of what has happened and the never-ending ‘what-if’s’ and ‘if-only’s’.
Now, a global authority in children’s postvention (support after suicide), I have been supporting adults and children affected by suicide for over 20 years.
Click on the link below that best describes you, for more information on the support options available:
- adult seeking support for yourself
- parent seeking support for a child
- parent seeking guidance and support for yourself, on how best to support a child.
I also encourage you to visit Tony’s Place (named after my Dad) - www.tonysplace.org.nz. Here, you’ll find a range of age-appropriate suicide-specific resources (for children, teens and adults) and information about Waves (a group education and support programme for adults) and My Space (for children).
"Shelley, I can’t thank you enough. You have made such a huge difference, you are amazing. A few weeks back I didn’t know which way was up. Now I feel so much more alive, like me again. I can’t wait to start my business and I have already booked that trip. Thank you for an incredible programme. I wish I had found this sooner.""Shelley is wonderful. The whole programme was absolutely fantastic and at a time when I really needed it. I felt so supported, by everyone. I have been blown away by how different I feel in only four weeks. I finally know where I am heading.""I highly recommend attending Shelley’s programme. I lost my husband a number of years ago and since then I have really struggled. This programme provided the perfect supported guidance to enable me to figure out where to from here for me. This isn’t the life I had imagined, but now I have a greater sense of hope for what's ahead for me. Thank you."