釋心同行－自殺者親友支援計劃 Services for Survivors of Suicide Loss

The loss of a loved one is a severe blow to any family. Survivors of suicide loss are especially traumatised. They often take a long time to overcome the pain. Most of them are ultimately unable to cope with the melancholy and end up taking their own lives. Starting from 2008, Suicide Prevention Services (SPS) continues to provide counselling to suicide bereaved families to ease their grief and reorganize their lives. Apart from professional grief counselling, we also provide regular mutual support groups, peer activities and other therapeutic programmes to relieve their pain. Another goal of the service is to empower individuals with similar experiences to become volunteers and share their grieving journey with other survivors of suicide loss, to ignite their hopes for a new life.

失去摯親對任何家庭而言，都是一個沉重的打擊。經歷親人自殺離世的人，更常深受創傷，往往需要長時間才能走出痛苦。有不少人最終無法承受悲傷，甚至選擇走上同樣的絕路。 自 2008 年起，生命熱線自殺預防服務一直為自殺者的家屬提供輔導，協助他們舒緩哀傷，重整生活。除了專業的哀傷輔導，我們亦定期舉辦互助小組、同路人活動及其他治療性計劃，幫助他們釋放痛楚。 這項服務的另一個重要目標，是鼓勵有類似經歷的人士成為義工，分享自己走過哀傷的歷程，為其他喪親者點燃重生的希望。