Father's Suicide Case Study

Mike expresses in the interview how he needed a counselor after he witnessed his father’s suicide (Garzon, 2010b). It was dealt with in the church. African American culture trust the church and not traditional institutions. (McGoldrick, Giordano, & Garcia-Preto, 2005). The family never seek counseling therefor keeping it in-house. The African American culture felt that it was shameful for the way his father passed. They may see their problem as a sin or the result of their own action (McGoldrick, et al., 2010) Because of not receiving counseling, it left Mike with a lot of unanswered questions. He dealt with this for 6 to 10 years, and tried to get over it the best way he could. He had no true understanding of what he had experienced.