Marcia Epstein, LMSW

suicide prevention through art-full communication; compassion & connection; host of Talk With ME radio hour; hope & heart

[Marcia Epstein, LMSW @MarshHeart]

#SuicidePrevention requires TRAINING. This powerful image inspired by comic http://t.co/Whr1B5s1dL says it all.

[Marcia Epstein, LMSW @MarshHeart]

@jbullockruns Dr. Bullock, thank you so much for sharing from your very personal experiences. You are brave and generous. And respected and appreciated.

[Marcia Epstein, LMSW @MarshHeart]

@ravenbookstore @QuietVessel And when will you design that long overdue pint glass?
:-)

[Marcia Epstein, LMSW @MarshHeart]

#SPSM Let's make sure everyone is aware of
@AASuicidology Clinician Survivor Task Force https://t.co/cCnB1x7vgN for support & resources for all who work (vol or paid) helping reduce suicide who experience suicide deaths in our personal or professional lives

[Marcia Epstein, LMSW @MarshHeart]

#SPSM We need to understand that grief is love & grief is forever & we can thrive while living with grief, even grief from suicide. We need to talk about grief & about suicide. My favorite book on grief is: Megan Devine's It's OK That You're Not OK. https://t.co/JFKmPPB1PK

[Marcia Epstein, LMSW @MarshHeart]

#SPSM Long ago in SLTB, Shneidman said 90% of people who die by suicide show warning signs AND 90% of people who show warning signs do NOT die by suicide. (I can find article later :-))

[Marcia Epstein, LMSW @MarshHeart]

#SPSM Many have 2 or more types of exper w suicide! Red 4 those who died by suicide; Purple 4 living w suicide grief; Blue 4 liv'g w suicide thots, selfharm, attempts; Yellow 4 family-friends support'g suicidal loved ones; White 4 work'g (vol or paid) support'g suicidal ppl.

[Marcia Epstein, LMSW @MarshHeart]

#SPSM Peter Wollheim was long-time voice of suicide prevention in Idaho, AAS member, beautiful-in-all-the-ways person who died by suicide in 2015 https://t.co/ajhTqjXLGY

[Marcia Epstein, LMSW @MarshHeart]

Let's make sure everyone is aware of @AASuicidology Clinician Survivor Task Force https://t.co/XbMW63vSpw for support & resources for all who work (vol or paid) helping reduce suicide who experience suicide deaths in our personal or professional lives

[Marcia Epstein, LMSW @MarshHeart]

#SPSM folks: I'm sad & glad for our topic. Let's talk about how we ARE affected by suicide deaths, even when we know a lot about grief & about suicide grief. If I wasn't affected, I wouldn't be able to do good work with people. Grief is about love. Listening is too.

[Marcia Epstein, LMSW @MarshHeart]

@RudyCaseres @LazTheLazTheLaz @ursulawhiteside @SPSMChat Your tech delay allowed me to join for most. Sorry & thanks.
xxooxx
Marcia in Lawrence, KS, USA

[Marcia Epstein, LMSW @MarshHeart]

@PsycGuy Tales of The City makes me think of you with our mutual love of all the Armistead Maupin stories. I hope your life is mostly good.
PS [email protected] is a better way to reach ME :-)

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[Marcia Epstein, LMSW @MarshHeart]

@rob_plath the best!!!

[Marcia Epstein, LMSW @MarshHeart]

@MichaelPaulson Many thanks to you @MichaelPaulson of @nytimes for your sensitivity about suicide, including your reminders to readers that #suicide is not from 1 cause, & is not inevitable.
PS I'm a member of @AASuicidology & extend thnx on behalf of my community.
#SPSM

[Marcia Epstein, LMSW @MarshHeart]

Thnx @MichaelPaulson @nytimes
"rarely possible 2 know exactly Y some1 takes his own life, & #suicide generally has multiple causes." "Determining the cause of suicide is... difficult. Many people R treated roughly @ work... w/out killing themselves."
https://t.co/xoRzjypXt6
#SPSM

[Marcia Epstein, LMSW @MarshHeart]

#Poet #Spanish #English #PowowRiverPoets #FreshMeadowsPoets #NewburyportMA #RhinaPEspaillat #AlfredMoskowitz
#TalkWithME #Women Of #Poetry #Podcast
https://t.co/R30eavZWfl
Thanks, @BAD_ACID_LABS !!!

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[Marcia Epstein, LMSW @MarshHeart]

#Poet #Actor #BuddyWakefield #Meditation #Excitement
#TalkWithME #podcast 2018-02-26
https://t.co/LM9I0uORSm

Buddy #Performance in #KCMO 2018-03-22
https://t.co/Yn9Q0cvIMU

More at https://t.co/xn0O8QJ0ne
& https://t.co/837BNu78BH

[Marcia Epstein, LMSW @MarshHeart]

#LoveWins
#SuicideSucks
#WordsSaveLives
#PoemsForPrisonersLivingWithSuicide
#ReachingOutFromWithin
💖🧡💛💚💙💜

#WolfgangCarstens PerpetualPallbearer
#TaylorMali TheWhettingStone
#RondaMiller MoonStain
#AnnetteBillings Descants4ADaughter

#SPSM

[Marcia Epstein, LMSW @MarshHeart]

@SPSMChat @BartAndrews I respect the experience & expertise of #SPSM leaders @adwww @DocForeman @chrsmxwll @BartAndrews yet I think tonight's format isn't the best SPSM Chat. It does not encourage much interaction. My "vote" is to let this format be maybe once a quarter, not the regular.
#SPSM

[Marcia Epstein, LMSW @MarshHeart]

@ajcan36 This is what I'm hearing, too! ECT may work for some, but we have no treatment ECT or any med regime that works for all to reduce suicidality
#SPSM

[Marcia Epstein, LMSW @MarshHeart]

#SPSM
Small sample: People in my SOSA support groups over the past 2-1/2 years who have had ECT do not recommend it, because of the memory gaps, and their depression, suicidality continues. Med's aren't perfect either. But let's not say ECT "really works" for everyone