Events
August 22, 2024, Phoenix, AZ
Jenny & Harry Bruell - speakers on Suicide Panel
Jenny & Harry Bruell - speakers on the session, "What I wish I knew: Tips and Reflections for Parenting Complex Children"
July 12, 2024, Berkeley, CA
What are some things we wish we knew that would have better prepared us to support our children’s complex needs? How do you find appropriate professionals to support the needs of your child as well as your own? How do you navigate conflicting professional recommendations as a parent? What about your self-care? Our experienced parents of teenagers and young adults will share their journeys navigating giftedness, mental health, and/or disabilities including what didn’t work. Multiple intersectionalities, such as culture, gender identity, levels of giftedness, disabilities, and mental health challenges, increase the complexity of parenting. This session is an opportunity to discuss and ask questions about difficult topics such as suicide, self-harm, missed and misdiagnosis, and extreme behaviors you may encounter in your parenting journey. Parents Jenny and Harry Bruell share their journey of losing their gifted daughter to suicide. The topics can be emotionally challenging and triggering to attendees. Please self-monitor and exercise self-care including leaving the session if necessary.
Helping Parents Heal, Moving Forward After Suicide
February 6, 2024 (via zoom)
Jenny & Harry Bruell, Support Group speakers
October 14, 2023, Santa Barbara, CA
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Jenny and Harry - Loss Survivor Speakers
2023 COMMUNITY SUPPORT AFTER SUICIDE
September 15 - 16, 2023, Atlanta, GA
This is a one day event with two opportunities to attend.
Peachtree Comprehensive Health
Atlanta, GA
9AM-12PM
Join us for a morning of community support with special guests Jenny and Harry Bruell, authors of “The After Journey: a survivor’s guide after the death of a loved one by suicide.”
This complimentary event is open to the community. We kindly ask for participants to RSVP for the date they will be attending.
March 7, 2023, Washington, DC
The CDC reported earlier this year that 37% of high school students reported they experienced poor mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, and 44% reported they persistently felt sad or hopeless during the past year. The Mayo Clinic reported this summer that 44% of college students reported having symptoms of depression and anxiety. In late 2021 the Surgeon General declared a youth mental health crisis reporting that 19% of high school students seriously considering attempting suicide, a 36% increase from 2009 to 2019, and about 16% made a suicide plan in the prior year, a 44% increase from 2009 to 2019.
Every Corps in America most certainly has Corpsmembers, crew leaders/supervisors and staff dealing with mental health challenges. This session will present two tools for addressing mental health, an upstream preventative strategy followed by a response strategy. It will also present a model for suicidology and discuss how corps are well positioned to address two of the three tenants of the model. Presenter Harry Bruell was a longtime leader in the corps field before losing his daughter to suicide in 2016. He now runs a nonprofit focused on supporting people with disabilities including mental health diagnoses.
DBT - Linehan Board of Certification
5th annual DBT-LBC Leadership, Strategies, and Future Directions November 11, 2022, Remote
Opening Speaker: Harry Bruell