Susan Rose Blauner

Susan Rose Blauner, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., is a writer, motivational speaker, artist, singer, and educator who changes the way people think about suicidal thoughts, suicidal behavior, and mental disease. She is the 2002 recipient of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's Survivor of the Year mehr anzeigen Award for Distinguished Creativity in Suicide Prevention, and she transformed eighteen years of suicidal ideation, multiple psychiatric hospitalizations, and decades of therapy into the lifesaving resource, How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me: One Persons Guide to Suicide Prevention. Susan presents motivational keynotes and seminars throughout the United States designed to destigmatize mental illness; enlighten practitioners, educators, first responders, and military personnel; and empower individuals and families affected by mental illness and suicide. She has appeared on Good Morning America, American Family, and in the documentary A Secret Best Not Kept. Following a 2008 breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment, Susan went on to earn a master's degree in social work from Simmons College in 2015, at the age of fifty. She now lives in New England with her dog, Fiona, and continues to find ways to enhance her enjoyment of life. weniger anzeigen