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<li><a class="mi" href="#response">Therapists&#8217; Response to Clients&#8217; Death</a></li>
<li><a class="mi" href="#coping">Coping &amp; Dealing with a Client&#8217;s Suicide</a></li>
<li><a class="mi" href="#articles">Additional Articles</a></li>
<li><a class="mi" href="#considerations">Ethical and Legal Considerations Relating to Client&#8217;s Death</a></li>
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Therapists&#8217; Response to Clients&#8217; Death
<a class="mi" href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/04/how-therapists-mourn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How Therapists Mourn</a>
<a class="mi" href="http://www.paulasiegelmft.com/userfiles/3661446/file/A%20Therapist's%20Grief;%20When%20A%20Client%20Suddenly%20Dies.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Therapist&#8217;s Grief When a Client Suddenly Dies</a> By Paula J. Siegel
<a class="mi" href="http://relaxedtherapist.com/whatif/my-client-is-dead" target="_blank" rel="noopener">My client is dead</a> (blog)
<a class="mi" href="//www.lmhpco.org/blahdocs/uploads/effects_of_clients_death_on_clinicians_7055.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Effect of a Client&#8217;s Death on Clinicians: Frequency, Reaction, and Response</a>Amelia Doty/Tulane School of Social Work
 
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Coping &amp; Dealing with a Client&#8217;s Suicide
<a class="mi" href="http://www.apa.org/education/ce/suicide.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SUICIDE: WHAT THERAPISTS NEED TO KNOW</a> – APA
<a class="mi" href="http://www.apa.org/gradpsych/2008/11/suicide" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Coping with a clients suicide</a> &#8211; APA
<a class="mi" href="http://epublications.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&amp;context=edu_fac" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Therapists-in-Training Who Experience a Client Suicide</a>
<a class="mi" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/16/science/patient-suicide-brings-therapists-lasting-pain.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Patient&#8217;s Suicide Brings Lasting Pain</a> &#8211; NYTimes.com
 
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Additional Articles
O&#8217;Brien, J.M. (2011). Wounded healer: Psychotherapist grief over a client&#8217;s death. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 42(3), 236-243. doi: 10.1037/a0023788
 
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Ethical and Legal Considerations Relating to Client&#8217;s Death
<a class="mi" href="http://www.jha.com/us/blog/?blogID=2375" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege, Like Attorney-Client Privilege, Survives Death of Privilege Holder</a>
<a class="mi" href="http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=evid&amp;group=01001-02000&amp;file=1010-1027" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CA EVIDENCE CODE SECTION 1013</a> As used in this article, &#8220;holder of the privilege&#8221; means:
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<li type="a">A guardian or conservator of the patient when the patient has a guardian or conservator.</li>
<li type="a">The personal representative of the patient if the patient is dead.</li>
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<a class="mi" href="http://www.cga.ct.gov/2013/rpt/2013-R-0124.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DISCLOSURE OF DECEASED PERSON&#8217;S MEDICAL RECORDS</a> – Connecticut Regulations
 
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