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Crisis Response Planning (CRP) for Preventing Suicidal Behavior

The crisis response plan (CRP) is a brief intervention designed to prevent suicidal behavior in at-risk individuals. Results of a recently-completed randomized clinical trial support the efficacy of CRP as compared to treatment as usual, and indicate the CRP reduced suicide attempts by 76% as compared to treatment as usual. This half-day workshop is designed to enhance participants’ knowledge about crisis response planning for managing acute suicide risk, and to increase their ability to confidently and competently administer this intervention with at-risk military personnel. The workshop includes video demonstrations designed for participants to acquire skill competency. All participants will receive a pocket handbook providing tips and suggestions for effective use of the CRP after training.

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Objectives

  1. Categorize the four primary purposes of a crisis response plan.
  2. Conduct a functional assessment of the internal and external motivators of suicidal behaviors.
  3. Appraise the three levels of suicide risk.
  4. Construct a crisis response plan and demonstrate how to implement the plan with a client.

Copyright : 31/05/2022

Evidence-Based Suicide Prevention Training: From Crisis to Recovery

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Objectives

  1. Formulate an empirically-supported biopsychosocial model of suicide.
  2. Catalogue the risks of suicidal behaviour both in and out of therapy as a routine part of informed consent.
  3. Assess common issues of confidentiality when working with suicidal patients.
  4. Conduct a risk assessment interview in a manner that increases accurate & honest disclosure of suicidal ideation & behaviours.
  5. Develop a written treatment and services plan that addresses suicide risk and is based on empirically-supported interventions.
  6. Conduct means restriction counselling to suicidal patients.
  7. Construct a written crisis response plan to reduce acute suicide risk.
  8. Demonstrate cognitive strategies and interventions to undermine suicidal beliefs that contribute to suicidal behaviours.
  9. Employ a relapse prevention task for reducing suicidal behaviours.

Copyright : 03/02/2023

Listening to Suicidal Clients: How to Move Beyond Fear and Defensive Practice

One of therapists’ greatest fears is losing a client to suicide. That’s not surprising, considering the grief and self-doubt that can follow, plus the possibility of a lawsuit or board complaint. The fear of client suicide can lead to “defensive practise,” in which therapists interrogate clients about their suicidal thoughts, pursue emergency care when it’s not truly needed, or take other actions to protect themselves legally and emotionally rather than to meet the clients’ needs. In this recording, you’ll learn to:

  • Understand healthy versus unhealthy fears about client suicide
  • Identify client-centred rather than fear-based practices with someone who has suicidal thoughts
  • Work as an ally, not an adversary, when a client is at risk for suicide
  • Feel less afraid and anxious with clients who have suicidal thoughts

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Objectives

  1. Evaluate the concept of “defensive practice” in the context of treating clients at risk for suicide.
  2. Analyze at least four fear-based practices often used with clients who have suicidal thoughts.
  3. Practice at least four client-centred practices for use with clients who have suicidal thoughts.
  4. Assess at least two ways that therapists can improve their competency when working with clients at risk for suicide.

Copyright : 30/03/2022

Suicide in Historically Marginalized Communities: Perception Versus Reality

There is myth in the Black community that Black people don't die by suicide and that acknowledging mental health challenges, like anxiety and depression, are signs of moral weakness. In this recording, Victor Armstrong will discuss the stigma around mental health and suicide among those in historically marginalized communities. He will discuss and uncover historical challenges of these communities, emphasizing Black men, in accessing care for mental health.  He will discuss the way that perception and provider bias influence mental health access and suicidality among Black men.

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Objectives

  1. Appraise the historical biases in the structure of mental health services affecting the Black community.
  2. Investigate the impact of clinician biases on therapist-client interactions.
  3. Create enhanced rapport and empathy through decreasing clinician biases.

Copyright : 09/09/2021

Embracing Suicidal Parts: Using Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy to Heal Traumatic Wounds

This recording offers a practical exploration of how to approach suicidal ideation and behaviours from an Internal Family Systems approach.  Examining the pieces of the psyche that drive these thoughts, feels, and actions, the IFS approach encourages the therapists to help clients make peace with, embrace and find love for suicidal parts.

This product is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with the IFS Institute and does not qualify for IFS Institute credits or certification. 

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Objectives

  1. Conceptualize suicide from the Internal Family Systems approach.
  2. Employ at least 4 skills to integrate the IFS approach to suicidality treatment into other modalities.
  3. Practice aspects of coping through the IFS approach for suicidal parts management.

Copyright : 10/09/2021

Why People Die by Suicide: What the Last 20 Years of Research Shows Us

In his theory of suicidal behaviour, Thomas Joiner proposes three factors that mark those most at risk of death: the feeling of being a burden on loved ones, the sense of isolation, and, perhaps chillingly, the partly genetic and partly learned ability to hurt oneself. He tests the theory against diverse facts taken from clinical anecdotes, epidemiology, genetics, and neurobiology, with implications for the full spectrum of clinical activities related to suicidality.

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Objectives

  1. Evaluate anecdotal, clinical, and scientific evidence on a new theory of suicidal behaviour.
  2. Appraise approaches to suicide risk assessment (utilizing risk assessment instruments) developments in the treatment of suicidal behaviour, and in suicide prevention.
  3. Develop skills to understand the experience of people who are bereaved by suicide.

Copyright : 09/09/2021