Teen Suicide: What Parents Need to Know

with Katherine Reeves, PMHNP-BC

Teen Suicide: What Parents Need to Know

Episode 6, Season 2 | September 22, 2021

Content Trigger Warning: Please be advised that today’s episode discusses suicide and suicidal ideation. If you are having thoughts of suicide, feeling suicidal or have concerns that someone you know may be at risk of suicide, please contact a 24-hr Crisis Line:

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Show Notes

It can be hard to imagine talking with your teen about suicide. But given that it is the second leading cause of death among young people, it makes sense to be prepared to have that conversation. How can we as parents create a safe, nonjudgmental space where our teens feel comfortable talking about hard things? How do we know when to worry and how to get help? Join us for today’s podcast episode, where we talk with two CHC experts, Katie Reeves, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Jason Tinero, Doctoral Psychology Intern, to hear what all parents should know about teen suicide.

Guest Info
Katherine Reeves headshot

Katie is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (NP) who works with children, adolescents and their parents to treat psychiatric disorders including anxiety, depression, trauma related disorders, ADHD and behavioral disorders. Katie has experience working in a group home setting as well as in community outreach, homeless adolescent mental health, LGBTQ health and psychiatric emergency services. She has primary responsibility for patients, and she works with other clinicians to oversee the prescription and management of mediation, and general medical and mental health. Katie grew up in Palo Alto (Gunn HS), was a competitive swimmer in college and now enjoys being an avid Bay Area sports fan.


Jason Tinero headshot

Jason Tinero is a Doctoral Intern in Clinical Psychology who specializes in therapy and assessments with children, adolescents and families with medical illnesses, depression, anxiety, minority sexual and gender identities and grief/bereavement. Jason graduated with honors from Washington University in St. Louis with a BA in Anthropology and Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology. He then went on to earn his MS in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University, where he conducted research on grief and bereavement among clinicians in the NICU. He is in his fifth and final year at the PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium, where he has earned his MS in Clinical Psychology and will earn his PsyD in June 2022. Throughout graduate school, he has received extensive training in neuropsychological assessment and therapeutic modalities such as Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for youth and families. His doctoral research focuses on youth and families dealing with medical conditions, such as identity development for adolescents with cancer or creating a trauma-informed intervention for parents of youth with Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS). His approach to treatment utilizes the genuine therapeutic relationship as a foundation for change, and it is based upon warmth, compassion and empathy. In his free time, Jason enjoys hiking, cooking, trying new foods, watching comedy television shows and exploring the Bay Area.