Lisa Firestone, Ph.D.

Lisa Firestone, PhD is the Director of Research and Education at the Glendon Association www.glendon.org and Senior Editor for www.psychalive.org . She is an author her books include Creating a Life of Meaning and Compassion and The Self under Siege and Sex and Love in Intimate Relationships.

Lisa Firestone is a trainer on the topics of couple relationships as well as suicide and violence.  She has been involved in clinical training and research in the areas of suicide and violence which resulted in the development of the assessments Firestone Assessment of Self-destructive Thoughts (FAST) and (FASI) and the Firestone Assessment of Violent Thoughts (FAVT) for adults and adolescents.

Lisa is a clinical psychologist in private practice and consultant in the management of high-risk clients.

www.drlisafirestone.com

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Suicide Prevention Advice

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