ASIST: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (two day workshop)

Schedule

Tue, 21 Oct, 2025 at 09:00 am to Wed, 22 Oct, 2025 at 05:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

London, UK | London, EN

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World leading and evidence-based two-day suicide prevention training
About this Event

What is ASIST?

ASIST stands for Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training; it is considered to be the world's leading suicide intervention training program.

Trusted by professionals yet learnable by anyone, this two-day workshop from LivingWorks has been empowering people to have skilled, confident life-saving conversations since 1983 (over 40 years!) and is updated continually to reflect new knowledge.



What you can expect

An ASIST workshop lasts two full consecutive days and attendance is required throughout.

It is a challenging and rewarding session (often also described as 'intense' and 'powerful') which discusses suicide in some depth and includes direct teaching, discussion and skills practice. Participants are encouraged to participate as fully as they feel able, to take advantage of this unique learning opportunity.



What you will learn

You'll learn how to prevent suicide by recognising signs, providing a skilled intervention, and developing a safety plan to keep someone alive. This workshop is an ideal follow-on from MHFA. Over two days, you'll be offered safe and supported opportunities to:

  • safely explore your personal and professional experiences with suicide
  • examine your own beliefs and attitudes around suicide
  • consider how our experiences impact our beliefs and attitudes about using suicide first aid
  • better understand the needs of a person thinking about suicide - and how to use suicide first aid to meet those needs
  • learn and practice a model of suicide intervention called PAL: the Pathway for Assisting Life



Creating a safe space

Suicide can be a difficult subject to talk about, and most people have been affected by suicide in some way. You are not alone if you are feeling apprehensive about attending the workshop.

Rest assured that your experiences and prior learning will be acknowledged and respected. Both your trainers will be skilled at holding any discomfort, recognising when more support is needed and finding the delicate balance between safety and challenge. You will be in very safe hands.



How you could prepare

If you choose to take part in this training, your trainers recommend that you:

  • Clear your diary for the evenings before, during and after the workshop, as much as possible, to look after yourself.
  • Nominate in your mind someone you could talk to afterwards, if you need to. This might be someone at work or in your personal life. Your trainers will suggest other support too.
  • If you have questions or concerns before the session, email Rose Rowkins: [email protected]



Your Trainers

RACHEL VAN HOVEN, a grower and climber in her free time, started her career in suicide prevention in Dublin in the noughties and has since worked in a variety of roles in the charity sector over the past 20 years. Currently a self-employed trainer, she delivers training for national mental health and suicide prevention organisations including Mind, Olly’s Future, Papyrus and Grassroots. Connect on LinkedIn.

NICK BROWN is committed to helping communities and individuals become safer from suicide. He is a very experienced Trainer, Facilitator & Coach with over 100 ASIST workshops delivered. He loves walking by the sea, cycling, live theatre, music gigs, weekend breaks and quality family times. Connect on LinkedIn.



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  • How you heard about this workshop
  • If you have accessibility needs, how we can we best support you to feel comfortable and help you to learn
  • Anything else you want or need your trainers to know
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London, UK, United Kingdom

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