Springfield, OR Author Publishes Self-Help Book

By: PR Leap

May 20, 2025 at 03:00 AM EDT

(PRLeap.com) "Prerequisites to Suicide", a new book by Joe Barrett, has been released by RoseDog Books.

The intended audience of "Prerequisites to Suicide" is those who live with depression or suicidal ideation, yet often suffer in silence without understanding or hope. It is also for those who care about the suicidal but feel ill-equipped to help due to a lack of understanding. The book is about the good, bad, and ugly of the often unfathomable pain, shame, and self-hate that the suicidal live with. The author's personal experience surviving severe childhood abuse with resultant PTSD and major depressive disorder is what gives him the authority to address the issue, more so than a career in counseling. He discusses the areas in one's life that lead to the act of suicide, which include many choices made that could be done differently. These "prerequisites" tend to be universal in the author's understanding.

Making small changes can influence the trajectory of a depressed person's life or death. The author is a suicide survivor.

About the Author
The author, Joe Barrett, was primarily raised in a small logging town in Oregon called Cottage Grove. He was raised with terror and pain along with his siblings. Emotional abuse was extreme and led to much self-hate and pain for all who lived in the home. The author joined the Navy at eighteen and became a medic with Navy Special Ops. Upon his honorable discharge, he began college and received two bachelor's degrees in psychology and religion, during which he took a year off to feed refugees in Thailand. Following college, he received a Master of Divinity from a conservative seminary in Kentucky. He can no longer endorse American Christianity and finds he can never believe in hell, though he has lived there most of his life. He was a minister and a chaplain.

He left the ministry to be an addiction therapist, family therapist, and batterer intervention provider. His most rewarding work was as a treatment liaison to Family Court as well as Veterans Court. He worked until early retirement from the VA at fifty-eight due to a major depressive disorder with suicidal ideation.

"Prerequisites to Suicide" is a 56-page paperback with a retail price of $12.00 (eBook $7.00). The ISBN is 979-8-89341-010-5. It was published by RoseDog Books of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. To buy the book, visit our online bookstore at https://rosedogbookstore.com/prerequisites-to-suicide/

GET IN TOUCH
Natasha Hlinka
RoseDog Books

http://rosedogbookstore.com/

You can see the original version and more on PRLeap here: http://www.prleap.com/pr/305085/springfield-or-author-publishes-self-help-book

About Us

Additional Information

Website & Technical Help

Springfield, OR Author Publishes Self-Help Book

More News