About Start the Conversation

Hello! I'm Rose Allett (she/her) - the face behind Start the Conversation.

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​I am on a mission to help people overcome their deep-rooted fears and find the words to talk about suicide, because I believe, I know, that talking can save lives. It saved mine.

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I believe not only are we all capable of learning to have a brave, bold life-saving conversation, but that we all must learn these skills, because suicide doesn't discriminate. Just as anyone can learn these skills, anyone can think of suicide. 

 

A bit more about me

I'm an integrative humanistic counsellor, sun-worshipper, mum of one, keen yogi and singer, and I live in (and love) Brighton, UK. In case you hadn't realised already, I'm also a passionate, experienced, international trainer of suicide prevention skills:

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• Co-creator of 90-minute Zoom session Talking about Suicide: Ten Tools (TAS10)

• Master Trainer for LivingWorks, having delievered over 40 ASIST workshops across both hemispheres

• Accredited Tutor of Suicide First Aid, the UK's only National Qualification in suicide prevention (City & Guilds Level 4)

• Consultant Tutor for the National Centre for Suicide Prevention Training UK CIC

 

Since 2015, I have personally taught 1000s of people around the world (face-to-face and online) the skills and confidence to talk about suicide, including GPs, teachers, managers, HR teams, counsellors, youth workers, police officers, veterans, firefighters.

 

I have also...

• managed the innovative, award-winning YMCA Safe Space, amongst other mental health and youth projects

• driven and worked my way across the Sahara Desert in a campervan

• created resources for parents worried about their child’s self-harm (like this short film)  

• coached Vietnam veterans in the Australian bush on how to listen

• coordinated a team of teenagers to teach new doctors (through realistic roleplay!) how to communicate more effectively with their teenage patients who are self-harming or thinking of suicide.