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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.

Program Information

Objectives

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

Outline

Conceptual foundation
- What a crisis plan is and is not
- Scientific evidence
- Understanding suicidal behaviors
Steps for the crisis response plan
- Narrative assessment
- Crisis response plan components
- Demonstration
- Participant practice and role play

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Psychotherapists
Therapists
Marriage & Family Therapists
Addiction Counselors
Case Managers
Physicians
Nurses
Other Mental Health Professionals

Copyright : 05/31/2022

Evidence-Based Suicide Prevention Training: From Crisis to Recovery

Program Information

Objectives

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

Outline

Part 1: Background and Conceptual Foundation

Empirical support for BCBT
The functional model of suicide
Understanding the language of suicide
The role of the therapeutic alliance
Informed Consent
General principles of suicide risk assessment
Managing risk during treatment
Introduction to the structure of BCBT

Part 2: The First Session

Conducting a narrative assessment
Demonstration 1: the narrative assessment
Implementing the Crisis Response Plan as part of BCBT
Demonstration 2: using the Crisis Response Plan
Guidance for Documentation

Part 3: Phase 1 of Treatment- Emotion Regulation

Treatment Planning and making a commitment to treatment
Means safety counseling
Demonstration 3: Means safety counseling
Targeting sleep disturbance
Relaxation and mindfulness training
Demonstration 4: Mindfulness skills training
Reasons for living list and the survival kit

Part 4: Phase II- Cognitive Flexibility

Restructuring thoughts using CBT skills
Demonstration 5: Cognitive Restructuring
Behavioral interventions: Activity planning and behavioral activation
Demonstration 6: Activity planning
Using coping cards

Part 5: Phase III- Relapse Prevention

Implementing the relapse prevention task
Demonstration 7: relapse prevention task
What to cover in the final session

Part 6: Additional Resources

Books for furthering your training in suicide prevention

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Psychotherapists
Therapists
Marriage & Family Therapists
Addiction Counselors
Case Managers
Physicians
Nurses
Other Mental Health Professionals

Copyright : 02/03/2023

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 practice,” 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-centered 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

Program Information

Objectives

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

Outline

Fears that commonly occur when therapists work with a client who has suicidal thoughts
Understanding the issues with “Defensive practice”
Examples of defensive practice & other fear-based techniques with suicidal clients
Examples of client-centered practice with suicidal clients
Practices for managing fear with suicidal clients

Target Audience

Psychologists
Physicians
Addiction Counselors
Counselors
Social Workers
Marriage & Family Therapists
Art Therapists
Nurses
Other Behavioral Health Professionals

Copyright : 03/30/2022

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.

Program Information

Objectives

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

Outline

Over and exploration of the impact of complex trauma and systemic racism on mental health outcomes for Black men.
How to appraise and manage the impact of clinician’s own biases on therapist-client interactions.

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Psychotherapists
Therapists
Marriage & Family Therapists
Addiction Counselors
Case Managers
Physicians
Nurses
Other Mental Health Professionals

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 behaviors 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.

Program Information

Objectives

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

Outline

Demonstrate the basics and foundational principles of IFS.
Conceptualize IFS theory as an intervention for suicidality.
Practice aspects of coping through the IFS approach for suicidal parts management.

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Psychotherapists
Therapists
Marriage & Family Therapists
Addiction Counselors
Case Managers
Physicians
Nurses
Other Mental Health Professionals

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

In his theory of suicidal behavior, 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.

Program Information

Objectives

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

Outline

Conceptualizing and evaluating suicidal behavior from a new perspective
Exploration of approaches to suicide risk assessment
Overview of interventions for suicidal behavior
Investigation of research on suicide prevention
In-depth understanding of bereavement related to suicide
Overview of risk assessment screens and instruments

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Psychotherapists
Therapists
Marriage & Family Therapists
Addiction Counselors
Case Managers
Physicians
Nurses
Other Mental Health Professionals