School counselors are responsible for providing effective suicide prevention, interventions, and postvention support in K-12 schools. However, there is uncertainty as to how prepared school counselors feel to implement these critical services to students, especially regarding the training received during their master's programs. The purpose of this research was to gain a better understanding of the successes and challenges experienced by counselor educators when teaching school counselor trainees how to support students through suicidal issues. Within the framework of Bandura's self-efficacy theory, this qualitative design collected data to answer the research question, "How do counselor educators describe their experiences teaching school counselors-in-training to address suicidality in K-12 students?" Semi-structured interviews were used to gather data from counselor educators from CACREP-accredited institutions across the United States to gather data. All data was analyzed using Kostere and Kostere's 12-step inductive thematic analysis, leading to the emergence of meaning units, patterns, and themes. Results of this analysis revealed three clear themes describing counselor educators' experiences teaching counseling students to address suicidality in children and youth: (a)My own training didn't prepare me to do this, so now I have to depend on myself, (b) Even though this work is hard, I push through, and (c) This work is too hard… I don't do it if I can avoid it. Practical implications include (a) increasing intentionality to provide effective training for counselor educators to address suicidality in the classroom, (b) facilitating an awareness among counselor educators of the impact self-efficacy has on suicide-related classroom instruction, and (c) raising awareness in school counselor education departments regarding the emotional repercussions of addressing suicidality that can impact both educators and students. Recommendations for future research are made. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]