Contemporary Chapters


Firestone, L. (2010). The Critical Inner Voice That Drives Suicide. In M. Pompili (Ed.), Suicide in the Words of Suicidologists. (Chapter 16). Nova Publishers.


Firestone, R., and Firestone, L., Title of Chapter to be Here, In H. Rosenthal (Ed.), Therapy’s Best: Practical Advice and Gems of Wisdom from Twenty Accomplished Counselors and Therapists. Haworth Reference Press


Firestone, L. (in press). Voice therapy: A treatment for depression and suicide. In R. Yufit and D. Lester (Eds.), Assessment, treatment, and prevention of suicidal behavior. Wiley.


Suicide and the Inner Voice book cover Firestone, L. Suicide and the inner voice. In T. Ellis (Ed.), Cognition and suicide: Theory, research and practice. American Psychological Association.

Firestone, R.W. & Firestone, L. (2004). Methods for overcoming the fear of intimacy. In D. Mashek & A. Aron (Eds.). The Handbook of Closeness and Intimacy (pp. 375-395). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.


The Secret Diary of Katie Firestone, L. (2003). Separation theory and voice therapy methodology applied to the treatment of Katie: A diary-based, retrospective case conceptualization and treatment approach. In D. Lester (Ed.), The secret diary of Katie: Unlocking the mystery of a suicide (pp. 161-186). New York: Brunner-Routledge.

Firestone, R.W., & Firestone, L. (2002). Suicide Reduction and Prevention. In C. Feltham (Ed.), What’s the Good of Counseling & Psychotherapy? (pp. 48-80). London: Sage Publications.

Firestone, R.W. (2001). Behavioral assignments for individual and couples therapy: Corrective suggestions for behavioral change. In H.G. Rosenthal (Ed.), Favorite counseling and therapy homework assignments: Leading therapists share their most creative strategies (pp. 85-90). Philadelphia, PA: Brunner-Routledge.

Firestone, R.W. (2000). Microsuicide and the elderly: A basic defense against death anxiety. In A. Tomer (Ed.), Death attitudes and the older adult: Theories, concepts, and applications (pp. 65-84). Philadelphia, PA: Brunner-Routledge.

Firestone, R.W. (1998). Voice Therapy. In H.G. Rosenthal (Ed.), Favorite counseling and therapy techniques: 51 therapists share their most creative strategies (pp. 82-85). Washington, DC: Accelerated Development.

Firestone, R.W. (1994). Psychological defenses against death anxiety. In R.A. Neimeyer (Ed.), Death anxiety handbook: Research, instrumentation, and application (pp. 217-241). Washington, DC: Taylor & Francis.

Firestone, R.W. (1990). Voice Therapy. In J.K. Zeig & W. Munion (Eds), What is psychotherapy? Contemporary Perspectives, (pp. 68-74). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.