In the aftermath of the October 1st, 2017 massacre in Las Vegas, which left 58 people dead and more than 500 others injured, we have more questions than answers, and we are wondering -- even more than usual –- what would drive someone to do that?
Nothing kills momentum faster than a shiny new “mental health initiative” that feels like it was written by a committee of robots. Real people want real buy-in, real responsiveness, and real results.
Construction is teaching us to flip the script: don’t just expect leaders to hold everyone else — build systems that hold them. That’s how culture change sticks.
Losing a client to suicide can be devastating personally to a therapist, but professionally, there also can be many unforeseen consequences. The emotional toll is often compounded by systemic issues within the mental health field that can transform a tragic event into a potentially career-ending one.
