Suicidality: Assessment, Treatment and Management
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This training will provide you with step-by-step guidance in assessing, treating and managing clients who are at risk of suicide.
To defne basic terms related to suicidality including the use of correct terminology;
To be familiar with statistics related to suicide in different subsets of population;
To develop awareness of suicide statistics across different cultures and in the State of WA;
To learn how to collect accurate assessment information and summarize suicide risk;
To elicit warning signs of imminent risk of suicide;
To learn the how to of eliciting risk and protective factors;
To demonstrate understanding of the interplay of risk and protective factors;
To develop an understanding of level of risk;
To understand the difference between chronic vs acute risk;
To develop therapeutic alliance by communicating concern in an effective manner;
To understand the relationship between intent and the means chosen;
To understand how to collect information about the means;
To tie counseling language to restrict access to means to decrease lethality in suicide attempts;
To develop a safety plan to assure safety and to convey the message that safety is the highest goal;
To identify the elements that need to be included in treatment plan;
To learn to document assessment, treatment and management strategies;
To develop awareness of what could be considered as negligence
To understand the importance of postvention as prevention.
Opportunity to use case examples to practice skills learned in the workshop.
To defne basic terms related to suicidality including the use of correct terminology;
To be familiar with statistics related to suicide in different subsets of population;
To develop awareness of suicide statistics across different cultures and in the State of WA;
To learn how to collect accurate assessment information and summarize suicide risk;
To elicit warning signs of imminent risk of suicide;
To learn the how to of eliciting risk and protective factors;
To demonstrate understanding of the interplay of risk and protective factors;
To develop an understanding of level of risk;
To understand the difference between chronic vs acute risk;
To develop therapeutic alliance by communicating concern in an effective manner;
To understand the relationship between intent and the means chosen;
To understand how to collect information about the means;
To tie counseling language to restrict access to means to decrease lethality in suicide attempts;
To develop a safety plan to assure safety and to convey the message that safety is the highest goal;
To identify the elements that need to be included in treatment plan;
To learn to document assessment, treatment and management strategies;
To develop awareness of what could be considered as negligence
To understand the importance of postvention as prevention.
Opportunity to use case examples to practice skills learned in the workshop.
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The mission of Mercer Trainings is to connect counseling professionals with the practical information they need in order to help clients attain efficient outcomes. The trainer, Vidya Vara, LMHC, has nearly thirty years of extensive experience, across many settings and populations. A member of the American Association of Suicidology, International OCD Foundation, and Seattle Counselors Association as well a former board member of the King County Crisis Clinic, she has provided trainings to a multitude of healthcare professionals, including to agencies and organizations such as Navos, Full Life Care/Solstice Mental Health, the Seattle Counselors Association and the Pierce County Counselors Association. Her uniqueness lies in her ability to illustrate the concepts using examples from various cultures, age groups, and sub-populations due to her experience that is both broad and deep.
