title: Counseling the suicidal client by letter.
abstract: Crisis counseling by means of letters written from the client to the counselor and back is discussed, and an example is presented of counseling a suicidal adolescent using this technique.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry Department at Ryazan Medical State University, Russia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schustov
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D015709:Correspondence as Topic; D003376:Counseling; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D000092864:Suicide Prevention