Both have been active in the agency's committee structure. We have had a distinguished list of Executive Directors, including Social Workers Jerry Spaulding, Charles Vorkeper and Joe Caldwell, Pastoral Counselor Jim Hengstenberg, Psychologist Bernard Gotway, and Debbie Meripolski. Margie Wright is now the Executive Director. Ruth Altshuler and other community leaders helped us see that it is not practical to have an all-professional Board of Directors, so it wasn't long before we reorganized with primarily citizens on the Board, a separate Clinical Advisory Board, and an Advisory Board composed of former presidents and special community leaders. Our additional services now include post-intervention assistance with schools and businesses experiencing a suicide, an active Speakers Bureau, a referral service for persons needing more extensive emotional help, and educational training events.
Suicide remains our primary area of expertise.
Suicide represents man's most extreme state of personal crisis, generally the most frightening possibility that professional people-helpers face in dealing with emotionally disturbed persons. But suicide also is the ultimate threat to parents who want so to help their children manage the risky issues of growing up. We have much to learn about helping people talk out their inner struggles instead of losing hope and destroying themselves. Contact us .