Trudy Meehan on how her book is helping kids bereaved by suicide to understand ‘why?’

Following  her husband’s tragic death, psychologist Trudy Meehan decided to write a storybook to help her child come to terms with losing her father

After the shock of her husband’s death by suicide, Trudy Meehan’s biggest concern was how she would support their two-year-old daughter, Meara. Picture: iStock

After the shock of her husband’s death by suicide, Trudy Meehan’s biggest concern was how she would support their two-year-old daughter, Meara.

“There’s obviously grief and shock and — with death through suicide — the stigma that’s still around, the guilt,” Meehan says.