Suicide Loss: What Therapists Need to Know for Their Clients and Themselves
PRESENTED BY Amanda Mcgough, phd
Webinar Based Exam
2 CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITs
BASE is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. BASE maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
DESCRIPTION
Recent research has indicted that at least 135 people are impacted by each suicide and some of those will be impacted to the degree that they need support from mental health professionals (Cerel et. al, 2019). Given the ripple effects of impact each suicide loss can have and the rising suicide rates in our country over the past 15 years in nearly all demographic categories (CDC, 2018), being able to provide effective support to individuals who have lost a loved one to suicide is an important clinical skill for clinicians. Suicide bereavement is different and therefore requires unique elements in grief counseling (Linde et. al., 2017). This training will cover the latest information in the field of suicidology and suicide bereavement to equip clinicians.
Additionally, losing a client to suicide is often one of a therapist's worst fears for many reasons. This often occurs suddenly and without any knowledge on behalf of the clinician to know how to best respond to such a loss. This training will also cover best practices in responding to the suicide of a client and how to best care for ourselves if we lose a client.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Based on the content of this book, you will be able to:
·State at least 3 facts regarding suicide
·Describe at least 3 key components of grief therapy for a suicide bereaved client
·Describe best practice recommendations for responding to the suicide loss of one of their clients
·Articulate at least 2 components of self-care for a clinician following the suicide of a client
AUDIENCE
This program is appropriate for licensed psychologists and other mental health practitioners who have an interest in supporting clients with suicide bereavement and those interested in understanding best practices in how to respond to the suicide of a client. Training is at an introductory level.
RESOURCES
Andriessen, K., Krysinska, K., Hill, N.T.M., Reifels, L., Robinson, J., Reavley, N., & Pirkis, J. (2019). Effectiveness of interventions for people bereaved through suicide: a systematic review of controlled studies of grief, psychosocial and suicide-related outcomes. BMC Psychiatry, 19(49). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-019-2020-z
Cerel, J., Brown, M.M., Maple, M., Singleton, M., van de Venne, J., Moore, M., & Flaherty, C. (2019). How Many People Are Exposed to Suicide? Not Six. Suicide and Life Threating Behavior, 49(2): 529-534. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12450
Linde, K., Treml, J., Steinig, J., Nagl, M., & Kersting, A. (2017). Grief interventions for people bereaved by suicide: A systematic review. PLoS ONE, 12(6). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179496
Pitman, A.L., Osborn, D.P.J., Rantell, K., & King, M.B. (2016). Bereavement by suicide as a risk factor for suicide attempt: a cross-sectional national UK-wide study of 3432 young bereaved adults. BMJ Open, 6. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009948
Phuong, H., Bugeja, L., & Maple, M. (2019). A systematic review on the relationship between childhood exposure to external cause parental death, including suicide, on subsequent suicidal behaviour. Journal of Affective Disorders, 257: 723-734. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2019.07.082
PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES
There is no commercial support for this CE program, instructor, content of instruction, or any other relationship that could be construed as a conflict of interest. There is no endorsement of products.