Member Highlights

This is our Member area where we honor and mention members of our community who have contributed to the community. 

Our 2025 SGVPA Distinguished Member is Nina J. Gutin, PhD. 
Nina J. Gutin, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist in Pasadena, California.  In addition to her private practice, she conducts trainings in Suicide Assessment, Intervention and Postvention, is on the Advisory Board and facilitates “Survivors After Suicide” groups for the Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Center and is a member of the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Network. She is on the Board of Austen Riggs Center, an open residential treatment facility in Stockbridge, MA. She is co-chair of the Coalition of Clinician-Survivors (which supports clinicians after personal and professional suicide losses) and has published several articles about Suicide Loss and Postvention. Since the loss of her brother to suicide in 1995, she has worked with a variety of organizations that aim to promote comprehensive responses to the needs for effective suicide reduction, intervention and postvention. She is also involved with several organizations which aim to challenge the ways in which suicidal experiences are conventionally understood and treated.