I'm not at all sure what the actual risk for a therapist losing their license from a client's suicide would be. Certainly they will worry about it, or about being sued, but it seems to me that it would be very hard to prove that the therapist did not do the best they could by the patient. The psychiatrists may have more to fear, especially if prescription drugs are involved somehow.

I didn't ask them these questions to know how they would feel if I did this and adjust my plans accordingly, but to try to get some sense of what it might be like for others I care more about if I did this. As it is, only No. 3 volunteered how she would feel if I did in fact die.