Making Sense of Suicide CE Workshop

Making Sense of Suicide CE Workshop

Come join us at the Relationship Renovation Meeting Space for a workshop to enhancing competency in making sense of suicide. This in-person event will review key theory and research on understanding how and why suicidal ideations and related behaviors develop and are maintained. Participants will learn the importance of treating suicide as a core problem in and of itself versus a symptom of another disorder. This training will support increasing confidence in conceptualizing suicide, conducting risk assessment, and completing safety planning. It will also emphasize a clinical stance rooted in compassion. The combination of confidence and compassion allows for sustainability, hope, and perseverance when working with high-risk populations.

The workshop will conclude with a 60 min yin yoga and sound bath led by Kumari Sky to support expanding self-care and engaging in community-care. Yoga mats and blankets will be provided. Comfortable clothing recommended.

Educational Objectives

1. Describe the role of ambivalence in suicidal ideations and related behaviors

2. Distinguish between clinical utility of warning signs, risk factors, and drivers of suicide

3. List the key components of a thorough risk assessment

Continuing Education: 4 Credits.

Mountain View Mental Health, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Mountain View Mental Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Proposed agenda subject to change.

Host or Publisher Katie Brazaitis, PhD