Mount Pleasant, TX -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/06/2015 -- Mount Pleasant, Texas based Professional Counselor and Author, Joseph Hayes, MS, has announced the launch of his revolutionary book titled "Professional Suicide Intervention Techniques for the Mental Health Practitioner" on Amazon Kindle. Co-authored by Curt Pitton, MA, the book aims to empower professional counselors with one of the most important skills every Mental Health Practitioner and Therapist must obtain, that is suicide intervention. With the World Health Organization estimates confirming that approximately 1 million people die each year from suicide, this is a book that could revolutionize the way counselors and therapists approach suicidal cases and eventually save lives.
"Being a practicing counselor myself, I know from experience that all counselors need adequate training to deal with extreme emotions such as suicidal tendencies. as these cases are highly sensitive," says Joseph Hayes, the primary author of the book. " This book is aimed to share with my peers, the professional counselors and therapists, the knowledge that I have gathered while handling such cases myself. As a practicing counselor and an author, nothing would give me more satisfaction if after reading this book, therapists and counselors feel empowered and are able to turn some suicidal persons around and save their lives."
The book features pragmatic techniques from the primary author, Joseph Hayes, MS, that can be used by professional counselors in counseling suicidal clients. Hayes gathered the knowledge from his numerous years of practice and working with suicidal persons under different settings. The co-author of the book, Curt Pitton, MA, has contributed crucial research into this text book manual. Together, Hayes and Pitton, have combined the practical experience and research to develop the content of this textbook to add to the arsenal of Mental Health Professionals and empower them to save lives of suicidal people. The book is also expected to help counselors ease fears in protocol of assessing suicidal clients.
Released under the banner of CreateSpace, "Professional Suicide Intervention Techniques for the Mental Health Practitioner" has 73 pages and is available in Kindle ebook format on Amazon Kindle Bookstore for $12.95 from the following URL: http://goo.gl/Du1UwI
It can be directly downloaded to any Kindle, tablet, cell phone, laptop or computer and is Text-to-Speech enabled. One can switch between reading and listening without losing their place. The feature is available on Kindle Fire HDX, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle Touch, Kindle Keyboard, Kindle (2nd generation), and Kindle DX.
"Suicide prevention starts with recognizing the warning signs and taking them seriously. These people need to be saved from themselves and relieved of their suffering in a positive way," speaking on the inspiration for his new book, Joseph Hayes elaborated. "Being a well established counselor myself, I have helped many suicidal persons and brought them back from the brink. In my initial days, I always felt the need for adequate training or reference material while dealing with such cases. The inspiration for this book is my long held belief that every counselor and therapist must be well prepared to counsel these clients and save lives."
Being considered as one of the most powerful books released on suicide prevention training in recent years, "Professional Suicide Intervention Techniques for the Mental Health Practitioner" by Joseph Hayes and Curt Pitton is expected to emerge as a must-read for practicing counselors, psychologists, social workers, probation officers, teachers and college professors who may come across someone with suicidal tendencies and need to intervene to save a life.
"Counselors need to be understand that most people who commit suicide don't really want to die. They just want to stop hurting and escape from a situation they can't face," concluded Joseph Hayes. "To be able to help people with suicidal tendencies and turn them around so that they shun the thought of suicide is a delicate and challenging job. This book is a great practical guide for mental health practitioners assessing suicide in their clients and I am confident that they will find it is very easy to reference."
For further information on the book "Professional Suicide Intervention Techniques for the Mental Health Practitioner" or to purchase it, please visit: http://goo.gl/Du1UwI
About Author Joseph Hayes
Joseph D. Hayes MS, LPC, NCC, is known as counselor Joe. He graduated from Texas A&M Commerce with a Master of Science in community counseling in 1997. Mr. Hayes owns and operates a private practice in Mount Pleasant, Texas. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor that specializes in anger management, depression, stress management and adolescent defiance. Mr. Hayes developed an anger management theory called Cool Anger (TM). He enjoys writing, speaking and training dogs in his spare time.
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