Alternatives to Suicide Facilitator Training - Augusta

This 3-day in person training will be held in Augusta at the Governor Hill Mansion. Priority is given to participants who are working to earn Maine's CIPSS certification. Others will be placed on a wait list.

Class will be Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 9am-5pm. You must attend all three days to earn Continuing Education Credit and to earn certification as a group facilitator.

You need to be someone who has considered suicide as an option, or attempted suicide to become a group facilitator.

Training will be facilitated by Sean Donovan and Asher Havelin of the Wildflower Alliance from Western Massachusetts.

Alternatives to Suicide

The Alternatives to Suicide approach is about openly exploring the meaning behind thoughts and feelings of suicide, as well as what might be worth living for. In “Alt2Su” groups we find strength in coming together to support one another in our times of greatest distress. Our collective wisdom and individual stories have taught us that making space for this topic can be powerful and healing, whether in a peer support setting or anywhere else these conversations come up.

There are many myths and fears around this sort of approach and around suicide in general that Wildflower Alliance trainings seek to dispel and move past.

Is this “Suicide Prevention”?

The goal is not to simply force someone to stay alive from moment to moment. Rather, it is to support them to create meaning and a life that they want to live. Not killing one’s self is simply a side-effect of all that.

https://wildfloweralliance.org/

Host or Publisher Maine CIPSS Training Program