Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Suicide Prevention (CBT-SP) Training

Training services will be performed by the Beck Institute for the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation.

Per our grant funding, this opportunity is intended for providers who work with youth between the ages of 10-24 in some clincial capacity.THE OHIO SUICIDE PREVENTION FOUNDATION (OSPF) invites you to this two-day workshop series providing an overview of evidence-based cognitive behavioral strategies that can be utilized for the treatment of young patients with suicide-related ideation and/or behaviors.

WORKSHOP COMPONENTS:

Participants will learn about basic cognitive behavioral strategies for structuring sessions – including setting a collaborative agenda, assigning action plan(s), and eliciting feedback. Participants will become familiar with Dr. Aaron Beck’s cognitive model for suicide as a framework for conceptualizing and treating their patients. Emphasis will be placed on specific techniques of intervention (e.g., assisting patients with the suicide narrative, building skills such as modifying unhelpful thoughts, problem solving, instilling hope, planning for safety, and preventing relapse). Various intervention procedures will be explained and demonstrated. Attendees will receive copies of exercises and informative handouts.

Overall Objectives:
Registration includes, beverages, lunch and CEU’s, if required.

At the end of the course, participants will better:

1) Demonstrate knowledge of the public health significance of suicide

2) Understand the basic rudiments of case conceptualization from a cognitive perspective

3) Use the cognitive behavioral model to conceptualize patients with suicide-related ideation and/or behaviors.

4) Structure cognitive behavioral sessions, set a collaborative agenda, review and assign action plan(s), and elicit/provide feedback.

5) Identify underdeveloped skills that exacerbate suicide risk based on the cognitive behavioral case conceptualization.

6) Implement cognitive and behavioral strategies within each of the three phases of an outpatient protocol for the prevention of suicide.

7) Complete a step by step safety plan collaboratively with patients reporting suicide-related ideation and/or behaviors.

8) Understand how to implement a step by step relapse prevention protocol to reduce future suicidal crisis.