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FREE Virtual Event: From Grief to Growth: How loss inspired my career in suicide prevention

Aug 13, 2024

After losing two brothers to suicide Veronica Marshall-Bernard found solace in a career as a clinical therapist specializing in suicide and life promotion. For more than two decades she has combined her personal experience and professional experience to help others who have lost cope with their grief, heal and find hope. 

Join us on World Suicide Prevention Day as Veronica shares her inspiring story, as well as tools to support your community. 

Date: September 10, 2024 | Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Cost: This event is free to attend but donations to support our suicide prevention programs are welcome. Donate HERE

REGISTER TODAY TO CLAIM YOUT SEAT

PLEASE NOTE: Seats are limited. Please, only register if you plan on attending. At this time, we are not planning on releasing a recording of the event. Should that change and it is recorded, registration will not be necessary to access a recording. Please contact us if you wish to cancel your registration. 

Thinking about suicide or worried about a loved one? Call or text 9-8-8  or the Provincial Mental Health and Addictions Crisis Line or 1-888-429-8167

This event is generously supported bythe Halfax Harbour Bridges.

About Veronica Marshall-Bernard

Veronica Marshall-Bernard MSW, BSW, RSW is a workshop facilitator, educator and clinical therapist. She also runs a private practice as a specialist with Mapping Minds Counseling. Veronica has devoted over two decades assisting others in the area of mental wellness.

Veronica specializes in suicide and life promotion and proudly sits on the board of directors for the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention as the co-vice president and is involved with many other working groups.

A strong believer in her Mi’kmaw culture, Veronica regularly develops internal wellness campaigns to assist others with holistic approaches to healing. Veronica obtained her Mi’kmaw Maliseet Bachelor of Social Work degree through Saint Thomas University in 2011 and graduated with her Masters in Social Work from the University of New England in Portland Maine U.S in 2021.

Veronica is inspired by her lost loved ones and her family.

In her free time, she likes to write, create art with sea-glass, bake, garden, camp, hunt, and fish. She currently lives in Potlotek First Nation located in Mi’kma’ki formerly known as Chapel Island in Nova Scotia.

About World Suicide Prevention Day

September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day, an annual initiative to promote awareness and foster understanding of suicide and the impact it has on individuals and communities. This years’ theme, Changing the Narrative on Suicide focuses on transforming how we perceive this complex issue. Keep Reading.

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