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109: Former Suicide Hotline Counselor Reveals What Happens Behind the Calls"

109: Former Suicide Hotline Counselor Reveals What Happens Behind the Calls"

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 Former crisis counselor Jamie Brooks shares her experience working inside a national suicide hotline call center and explains why she ultimately resigned. In this interview with Janet Boynes, Jamie discusses mental health crisis counseling, working with vulnerable youth, mandatory reporting, and the ethical challenges she encountered while helping callers in distress. In this episode you will hear: • What it's like working as a suicide hotline crisis counselor • The training counselors receive when working with callers in crisis • How hotline counselors assess suicide risk and stabilize callers • Ethical dilemmas inside large mental-health call centers • Why Jamie ultimately chose to leave the organization • The importance of protecting vulnerable children and supporting families Jamie also shares how her background in social work, foster care, and victim advocacy shaped her perspective and why she now works helping victims through the county attorney's office. This conversation explores mental health support systems, the challenges facing crisis hotlines, and the importance of ethical accountability when helping vulnerable individuals. If you care about mental health, suicide prevention, and protecting vulnerable youth, this is an important conversation. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to Jamie Brooks 02:30 Why Jamie Became a Crisis Counselor 05:30 Working Inside a Suicide Hotline 08:30 Training and Workplace Culture 13:30 Calls from Vulnerable Youth 20:20 Suicide Risk Assessments Explained 23:00 Self-Harm and Crisis Calls 28:30 Mandatory Reporting Challenges 32:00 Why Jamie Resigned 33:30 Her Upcoming Book and Advocacy Work 35:00 Final Thoughts on Protecting Children
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