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Solution Focused Approach to Suicide
Prevention
This is an experiential one-day workshop which is aimed at practitioners
who want to further reduce the suicide rate on their caseload.
Delegates are provided with a unique range of tools for use
with potentially suicidal clients which both reduces the likelihood
of further suicidal thinking and lightens the sense of burden
and worry on the part of the practitioner.
The skills discussed are valuable for both face-to-face and
telephone working.
Objectives
- Greater
confidence and resourcefulness in the face of extreme pessimism
- Understand and use the solution
focused approach to suicidal thinking
- Practice the skills needed for
working with suicidal clients
- Be confident enough to apply
at least 5 new skills with immediate effect
- Feel more comfortable with clients'
expressions of suicide
- Appreciate the importance of
optimism when working with suicidal thinking
Course contents
The solution focused approach
as a theoretical model
Seeing suicide as both a challenge and an opportunity
Rapid rapport building
Working face to face and on the phone
Acknowledging a person’s right to choose to take their
own life
Listening with deep empathy
Acknowledgement and validation of suicidal feelings
The use of the Miracle Question to build a solution picture
in which the client survives
Scaling progress, determination and confidence, as appropriate
Generating other possibilities and alternatives to the suicidal
idea
Use of presuppositional language and (especially) questions
How to find exceptions to the problem
Regarding suicidal thinking as a normal response by normal people
to an abnormal set of circumstances
Ending a session/meeting/call with a suicidal client/caller
What people say
“...I won’t feel fazed any more by suicidal
talk.” Probation Officer
"This course de-mystified the frightening moments...
I feel empowered." Project worker
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