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Losing a Parent to Suicide: Dr Joanna Fortune shares advice

All of this week, the Pat Kenny Show have been looking at the mental health impact on a young per...

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12.48 1 May 2025


Losing a Parent to Suicide: Dr Joanna Fortune shares advice


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12.48 1 May 2025


All of this week, the Pat Kenny Show have been looking at the mental health impact on a young person or child who loses a parent to suicide.

To give some advice and guidance on how to navigate a tragedy like this, Pat is joined by Dr Joanne Fortune, Psychotherapist and author. Joanna has worked with children impacted by the death of parent by suicide, adults who lost a parent to suicide as children and parents who have had a partner take their own life.

If any of the content in this interview has effected you please reach out to the Samaritans on 116123 or Pieta House on 1800 247 247.

The Losing a Parent to Suicide series on the Pat Kenny Show is supported by the Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism in Ireland, in partnership with Shine and Produced by Pat Kenny Show Senior Producer and one of this year's fellows, Claire Darmody.


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