Supporting Suicide Bereaved People During the Coronial Process: A Practitioner-researcher Partnership

Abstract

This paper will provide the context in which a practitioner-research partnership developed to understand the way in which people bereaved by suicide can best be supported through the coronial process and beyond. The presentation will present findings of the original project undertaken (which aimed to understand the support needs of those bereaved by suicide during and after the coronial process) and provide an overview of the partnership that has since developed between the practice team (Forensic Counsellors) and the researcher to further extend research within the immediate context of the coronial process following a suicide death.