Why Sociologist might think differently from a counselor about suicide?

Counselors address individual mental pathologies that lead to suicide. They are mental health care providers. Sociologists like the Father of the Sociology Emile Durkheim in his classic study on suicide are typically interested on societal trends about suicide and general characteristics on a demographic level on the person who is at risk for committing suicide. For instance, in Durkheim's classic study he found that the unmarried and Protestant were most likely to commit suicide. Sociologist are social scientists and do not provide any mental health care.