Webinar: Suicide Awareness and Prevention - A Conversation with Bereaved Survivors

Carla Stumpf Patton, EDD, LMHC, NCC, FT, CCTP

Carla serves as the Senior Director of Suicide Prevention & Postvention Programs at the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), where she oversees programs and services provided to military families after a suicide loss. As a subject matter expert in the areas of grief, trauma, and suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention, Dr. Stumpf Patton consults with civilian providers and military leaders in providing effective outreach and clinical care to military personnel, veterans, and military families. She is certified as an ASIST trainer in suicide first aid (through LivingWorks Education). She is also qualified to conduct Psychological Autopsy Investigations through the American Association of Suicidology. Dr. Stumpf Patton holds a B.S. in Psychology, an M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and School Guidance Counseling, and a Doctorate of Education in Counseling Psychology. Her dissertation research focused on military families bereaved by suicide. Dr. Stumpf Patton is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, a Certified Fellow Thanatologist, a National Certified Counselor, a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, a Florida Qualified Supervisor, and a counseling educator in higher academia. She is the surviving spouse of Sergeant Richard Stumpf, an Active Duty U.S. Marine Corps Drill Instructor and Gulf War Era Combat Veteran who died by suicide in 1994, several days before their only child was born. She is now married to a retired U.S. Marine, who was also a suicide survivor widower, with whom she shares five children.