Family Connections™ – Managing Suicidality & Trauma Recovery is a FREE program that helps parents manage the stress and trauma from their child’s self-harm or suicidal behavior.  This evidence-based, free course provides education, skills and support for parents and is offered in two formats, once a week for 12 weeks or as a 2-day weekend intensive.

If you are experiencing increased distress, worry or anxiety, grief, family conflict, or if you are unsure how to respond to your child’s crisis behavior, the course can help.

This course is a skills based education program that creates a supportive environment where parents can obtain information and acquire skills to manage their distress more effectively and improve family relationships.  After completing the course, parents often experience decreased feelings of depression, burden, and grief and more feelings of empowerment.

There are many similarities between Family Connections and Family Connections™ – Managing Suicidality & Trauma Recovery, however Family Connections™ – Managing Suicidality & Trauma Recovery is specifically tailored to the needs of parents who have experienced a child’s suicidal behavior regardless of the diagnosis. This is the right program for those who experience trauma or stress-related problems — such as increased distress, grief, uncertainty about how to respond to a child’s crisis behavior — as result of caring for a child who attempted suicide, struggles with suicidal thoughts, or engages in non-suicidal self-injury.

If you are NOT experiencing trauma or stress-related issues and your loved one struggles with BPD or emotion dysregulation, we recommend you take Family Connections™ – BPD/Emotion Dysregulation.

You will receive an email with the subject line: You’re invited to attend Family Connections™ – Managing Suicidality & Trauma Recovery Class #. It’s important that you respond to the email even if you cannot attend the class. Please add mstr@neabpd.org to your contacts and check your SPAM folder often for the email.

NEABPD IS A 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that relies on volunteers and donations to continue its mission. No one is ever charged a fee to take a FC-MSTR course.

You may find it helpful to browse the Resources section of our website. There are recent Webinars that feature the skills taught in our Family Connections™ Courses.