How to effectively listen to someone who is suicidal
Deep Listening - Impact beyond words - Oscar Trimboli · Oscar Trimboli and Kevin Briggs
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Sergeant Kevin Briggs is an international crisis management and suicide prevention expert. His Ted Talk – "The bridge between suicide and life" has been viewed over 6 million times. Kevin is a retired California highway patrol Sergeant. He has spent many years patrolling the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, where he witnessed many individuals clinging to life by a thread, people who had lost hope and could see no way out.
Through his compassion, gentle voice, eye contact, and his ability to listen, encourage them not to go over the rails of the bridge or come back to solid ground and start a new chapter in their life. His nickname is the Guardian Angel of the Golden Gate Bridge.
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