Mental health providers are the leading stewards of suicide prevention and risk management. As licensed therapists, we are ethically required to maintain skills and competency in the prevention and treatment of suicide/suicidality. Suicide represents the greatest consequence of internalized mental suffering and remains a leading cause of death in the United States. To begin addressing the problem, it’s important to learn which segments of the population face the greatest risks of suicide as well as the proper techniques to evaluate risk, treat, and prevent suicide within those vulnerable groups.
Over the past several years the rates of suicide for Hispanic, Black, Asian and Pacific Islander youth have seen significant increases, while the rate of suicide amongst White youth has decreased. Additionally, the risk of suicide among 2SLGBTQIA+ youth is three times that of their heterosexual and cisgender peers. (Chu, J., O’Neill, S.E., Ng, J.F., Khoury, O. (2022). The Cultural Theory and Model of Suicide for Youth.)
Using the Cultural Theory and Model of Suicide for Youth participants will explore the role of culture as a risk factor as a well as a protective factor. We will explore strategies to break down barriers, increase culturally humility amongst providers and apply culturally responsive strategies in suicide prevention.
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Attendance and Location Details
Date and Time
Friday, December 1, 2023
1pm-4pm CST / 2pm-5pm EST / 11am-2pm PST
*Zoom link will be emailed to you 24-48 hours prior to event date
Objectives:
This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:
a). Evaluate the impact of structural oppression and systemic racism on help seeking.
b). Increase awareness of the Multiple Minority Stress Model and explore strategies to improve cultural humility.
c). Apply the Cultural Theory and Model of Suicide to identify culturally responsive strategies to increase protective factors for marginalized and minoritized youth.
Target Audience:
Mental Health Clinicians & Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Marriage & Family Therapists, Counselors, School Personnel, Youth Development Workers; Healthcare Workers
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Crystal Rozelle–Bennett, LMSW
Material Author(s): Crystal Rozelle–Bennett, LMSW
Crystal Rozelle – Bennett, LMSW has been working with youth and families for nearly 20 years. She is committed to empowering, engaging, educating and advocating in order to implement trauma-informed strategies for individuals and communities. Mrs. Bennett earned a Bachelor’s in Arts in Psychology from Wells College and went on to complete her Masters in Social Work from Florida State University. During her career, Ms. Bennett has demonstrated a passion in sharing her personal and professional experiences with others to serve marginalized individuals and prevent re-traumatization. Ms. Bennett is a life longer learner and has provided education and support to foster families, facilitated psychoeducation programs for youth, responded to crisis hotline calls for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and trained behavioral healthcare professionals in the areas of Human Trafficking, Suicide Prevention, Child Trauma/Maltreatment, Motivational Interviewing, Racial Trauma, Cultural Competency and serving LGBT youth.
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Suicide and parasuicide (non-suicidal self-injury) are prominent features in borderline personality disorder. Although both are briefly described in the same diagnostic criteria, they are distinctly different clinical phenomena and require different treatment approaches. While evidence-based treatments for BPD have existed for over 20 years now, even the most skilled clinicians still lack a cohesive approach for conceptualizing and treating this difficult population and oftentimes find themselves at a loss regardinghow to deal with these sometimes confusing behaviors in this challenging population.
They can be chaotic, impulsive and unstable. Research also suggests an estimated 75% of individuals with this diagnosis will commit at least one self damaging act and 10% eventually die by suicide.
The good news is, there is hope for helping these individuals find a life worth living.
Leave this 3-hour online training with internationally recognized personality disorder expert Jeff Riggenbach equipped with the clinical tools to:
Distinguish suicide from parasuicide and learn specific interventions for each.
Have conversations with your clients about the BPD diagnosis in a way that minimizes defensiveness and elicits client buy-in.
Demonstrate an understanding of the 3 ways schemas are maintained and the role that they play in driving destructive behaviors.
Differentiate BPD from PTSD, Bipolar disorder, and other sometimes difficult to discern conditions.
Recognize the 8 most common reasons for NSSI endorsed by clients with BPD and apply clinically appropriate interventions for each.
Discuss clinically appropriate disposition options in response to dangerousness.
Cost: $75 – Want to attend this course and any future event or course from our CE library for FREE and unlimited for the cost of $34.99/month for 12 months??!! Check out our Everything Plan here.
Objectives:
This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:
a). Develop an in-depth understanding of the nine essential characteristics of Borderline Personality Disorder.
b). Acquire language skills for having the conversation with clients and family members in a way that decreases client defensiveness an elicits buy-in.
c). Learn the 8 motivations for NSSI highly endorsed by clients with BPD and appropriate intervention strategies for each.
d). Separate 3 clinically significant “Suicidal” components to BPD and learn how to assess for each.
e). Acquire key differential diagnosis skills for Borderline PD, PTSD, Bipolar Disorder and other clinically overlapping conditions.
f). Learn the 18 maladaptive schemas present in BPD and their role in driving destructive behaviors.
g). Develop skills in assessment of suicidality and parasuicidality and decision-making skills regarding appropriate levels of care for each.
h). Utilize reasons for living to enhance hope and decrease suicide attempts.
i). Learn critical keys for safety planning specific to the BPD population.
Course Outline:
BPD In Everyday Language
Abandonment and Destructive Behaviors
Suicide vs. Parasuicide
8 Motivations for NSSI
Indications for Hospitalization
BPD v Bipolar “mood swings”
Differential Diagnosis
Evidence-Based Treatment
DBT
CBT
Schema-Focused Therapy
The Role of Schemas in Destructive Behaviors
18 Early Maladaptive Schemas
Schema Activation
NSSI & Schema Maintenance
Treatment Set-up
The Therapeutic Alliance
Treatment Agreements
Contracting
Skills Training Groups
Relational Skills
Emotion Regulation Skills
Distress Tolerance Skills
Cognitive Skills
Individual Therapy
Session acuity protocol
Diary Cards and Daily Logs
Risk Assessment & Safety Planning
Complex Chain Analysis
Protective factors and Reasons for Living
Target Audience:
Mental Health Clinicians & Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Marriage & Family Therapists, Counselors, School Personnel, Youth Development Workers, Healthcare Workers.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Jeff Riggenbach, PhD
Material Author(s): Jeff Riggenbach, PhD
Jeff Riggenbach, PhD is a best-selling and award winning author who has earned a reputation as an international expert in CBT and personality disorders. Over the past 20 years he has developed and overseen CBT-based treatment programs for mood disorders, anxiety disorders, addictive behavior disordersmand borderline personality disorder at two different psychiatric hospitals and clinics serving over 3,000 clients at multiple levels of care. Jeff trained at the Beck Institute of Cognitive Therapy and Research in Philadelphia, is a Diplomat of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, and is a certified cognitive therapist. He has trained over 30,000 professionals worldwide including audiences in all 50 United States, Canada, Mexico, the UK, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Dr. Riggenbach is the author of six publications including his award winning The BPD Toolbox: A Practical, Evidence-Based Guide for Regulating Emotions, and, his most recent release The CBT Toolbox (2nd ed): A Workbook for Clients, Clinicians and Coaches. Jeff is known for bridging the gap between academia, research findings and day-to-day clinical practice, and his work has earned him the reputation for being. “The practical tools guy.” His seminars on cognitive approaches to psychotherapy and personality disorders routinely receive the highest evaluations from conference participants in terms of clinical utility as well as entertainment value.
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Every 40 seconds, one person dies by suicide. Suicide is complex and so are the solutions, but it is preventable. Using the Core Competencies for Suicide Risk Assessment and Management (SPRC, 2006), this training is designed to foster competence and confidence necessary for professionals to perform suicide assessment and management to prevent suicide.
Cost: $120 – Want to attend this event and any future event or course from our CE library for FREE and unlimited for the cost of $34.99/month for 12 months??!! Check out our Everything Plan here.
Objectives:
This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:
a). Assess personal attitudes and approach in working with individuals at risk for suicide.
b). Define key terms related to suicidality.
c). Articulate risk and protective factors and understand the biopsychosocial model of suicide.
d). Evaluate risk assessment tools and explore questions to elicit accurate assessment information from the client.
e). Apply clinical judgment to formulate risk.
f). Identify the benefits of collaborative treatment and safety planning and recognize the importance of means reduction.
g). Brief overview of evidence-based treatment options.
Target Audience:
Mental Health Clinicians & Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Marriage & Family Therapists, Counselors, School Personnel, Youth Development Workers; Healthcare Workers
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Crystal Rozelle–Bennett, LMSW
Material Author(s): Crystal Rozelle–Bennett, LMSW
Crystal Rozelle – Bennett, LMSW has been working with youth and families for nearly 20 years. She is committed to empowering, engaging, educating and advocating in order to implement trauma-informed strategies for individuals and communities. Mrs. Bennett earned a Bachelor’s in Arts in Psychology from Wells College and went on to complete her Masters in Social Work from Florida State University. During her career, Ms. Bennett has demonstrated a passion in sharing her personal and professional experiences with others to serve marginalized individuals and prevent re-traumatization. Ms. Bennett is a life longer learner and has provided education and support to foster families, facilitated psychoeducation programs for youth, responded to crisis hotline calls for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and trained behavioral healthcare professionals in the areas of Human Trafficking, Suicide Prevention, Child Trauma/Maltreatment, Motivational Interviewing, Racial Trauma, Cultural Competency and serving LGBT youth.
For additional information about this course, the instructors, or the material authors, please contact Content Assistance at content@onlinececredits.com.
Featured Materials :Course materials for online asynchronous courses are found in the Lesson module after a course is purchased.
It is time to think about safety planning in a new way! A holistic idea of safety that includes spiritual, sexual, economic, social, relational, physical, and psychological aspects of people allows for the creation of more effective and personalized care. The idea of safety planning is not disparate from treatment planning and, as research has shown, is only effective when integrated with treatment. This presentation will teach practitioners how to create meaningful treatment/safety plans that will increase insight and autonomy in individuals and families by looking at the history of safety planning, obstacles to successful implementations, current research, and instruction on how to create their own safety plan.
Objectives:
a). Describe the history of safety planning.
b). Name at least two strategies to get “buy in” from clients before completing safety plans.
c). Learn and practice completing a client safety plan.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this event includes psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, licensed counselors, MFT’s, and other clinical mental health professionals.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Nathan D. Croy, MA, LCMFT
Material Author(s): Nathan D. Croy, MA, LCMFT
Nathan D. Croy is a clinically licensed marriage and family therapist, practicing systemic existential psychotherapy. He manages a group practice in Overland Park, KS and is trained in Parent Management Training, Trauma Systems Therapy, and EMDR. Nathan has given presentations at schools, churches, foster parent organizations, and businesses on a variety of subjects to address frustration, fear, trauma, and attachment in order to increase healthy interactions and relationships. At Bethel Seminary in San Diego, Nathan earned his masters in marriage and family therapy while providing therapy at the San Diego Rescue Mission for families, children, and individual on an inpatient and outpatient basis. In 2012, he moved to Kansas where he initially worked at KVC in foster care as a Family Service Coordinator before transferring to Prairie Ridge Psychiatric Hospital. Then, in 2014, he was offered a therapy position at The University of Kansas Hospital, Marrilac Campus. While there, the need for families to therapeutically treat existential concerns became very clear, and in response to that need, Existential Family Therapy was created. When not providing therapy, Nathan enjoys spending time with his wife of 14 years and 2 wonderful daughters. His family also has a wonderful dog named Luna (because she barks at the moon).
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Featured Materials :
Course materials are found in the Lesson module after a course is purchased.
Suicide assessment and documentation are critical, but sometimes it’s not clear how to do these tasks well. Attend this hands-on workshop to learn the practical application of Linehan Risk Assessment and Management Protocol (L-RAMP), which can be utilized in any clinical setting. This course will walk you through when to use the L-RAMP as an assessment instrument and how to properly document interventions and treatment actions for suicidal clients. While the L-RAMP is an evidenced based suicide risk management strategy used in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), there is no requirement or prerequisite for knowing or using DBT in order to begin to use the L-RAMP.
Objectives:
a). Integrate the L-RAMP as a suicide assessment tool into clinical practice.
b). Report increased knowledge and skill set on how to use the L-RAMP for clients with suicidal ideations, gestures, and attempts.
c). Assess for use of the L-RAMP in clinical practice.
d). Complete case scenarios using L-RAMP.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this event includes psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, licensed counselors, MFT’s, and other clinical mental health professionals.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Ashley Garrison, LSCSW, LMSW
Material Author(s): Ashley Garrison, LSCSW, LMSW
Ashley Garrison, LCSW, is the founder and owner of Hope & Healing, LLC. She currently contracts with an outpatient practice to perform and deliver an adherent DBT program model, and participates in a DBT consultation team that meets weekly to ensure DBT adherence. While Ashley uses a wide variety of evidence-based therapy models, she specializes in the use of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and has expertise in performing both stage I and stage II DBT treatment. Ashley conducts individual, group, and couples therapy, and brings nearly 10 years of experience as a social worker working with adults, children, and adolescents in a variety of settings. Additionally, she has trained and supervised several graduate students in their work with clients experiencing psychiatric and behavioral health needs.
For additional information about this course, the instructors, or the material authors, please contact Content Assistance at content@onlinececredits.com.
Featured Materials :
Course materials are found in the Lesson module after a course is purchased.
Mental health providers are the leading stewards of suicide prevention and risk management. As licensed therapists, we are ethically required to maintain skills and competency in the prevention and treatment of suicide/suicidality. Suicide represents the greatest consequence of internalized mental suffering and remains a leading cause of death in the United States. To begin addressing the problem, it’s important to learn which segments of the population face the greatest risks of suicide as well as the proper techniques to evaluate risk, treat, and prevent suicide within those vulnerable groups.
Every 40 seconds, one person dies by suicide. Suicide is complex and so are the solutions, but it is preventable. Using the Core Competencies for Suicide Risk Assessment and Management (SPRC, 2006), this training is designed to foster competence and confidence necessary for professionals to perform suicide assessment and management to prevent suicide.
