Although 80% of completed suicides are by males, there are no national programs specifically aimed at men or boys. Tom Golden wants to change that.
Thomas Golden
About Thomas Golden
Thomas Golden, LCSW is well known in the field of healing from loss. His book, Swallowed by a Snake: The Gift of the Masculine Side of Healing has been acclaimed by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and others. Tom enjoys giving workshops in the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia, having been named the "1999 International Grief Educator" by the Australian Centre for Grief Education. Drawing on thirty years of practical, hands-on clinical experience, Tom brings a gentle sense of humor and a gift for storytelling to both his workshops and his writing. His work and his web site webhealing.com have been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and U.S. News and World Report, as well as on CNN, CBS Evening News, ESPN and the NFL Channel.
Tom served as the vice-chair for the Maryland Commission for Men's Health and has also enjoyed helping write a proposal for a White House Council on Boys and Men. http://whitehouseboysmen.org He is in private practice in Gaithersburg, MD and also enjoys doing Skype consults.