Cognitve Behavioral Therapy
for Reducing Suicide Risk

Advanced | Clinical Interventions | 2.75-3.50 CE Credits| 3 hrs. 30 min

Mental health professionals and healthcare providers make up a large part of the front line of defense against suicide. This course was created to equip you as a clinician to not only bring up the topic of suicide with your clients but also help them prepare for and manage suicidal crises through the use of cognitive behavioral therapy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Reducing Suicide Risk starts by showing how to promote client engagement while screening for and assessing suicide risk. Then it moves forward to provide cognitive, behavioral and emotional focused strategies to treating suicide risk. The course finishes with discussions on ways that you as a clinician can handle your own self-care and protect yourself against burnout and secondary trauma. Throughout its three modules, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Reducing Suicide Risk uses a selection of learning tools such as live filmed role plays, instructive animations and interactive assessments that will enable you to address the difficult topic of suicide with empathically. With the support of subject matter experts, printable resources and supplemental videos, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Reducing Suicide Risk will prove an invaluable asset to your practice.

NOTE: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Foundations—A Skills-Based Approach is a prerequisite for this course. You will not have access to this course unless you have first completed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Foundations.

CE Information
OVERVIEW

Estimated Course Length: 3 hrs. 30 min

Course Includes: 3 modules consisting of a mixed media approach with roleplays, video interviews with subject matter experts, animation explainer videos, knowledge games, and more

Companion Videos: 2 provider videos to highlight key concepts

Downloadable PDFs: 16 downloadable PDFs expanding on relevant course topics

Target Audience: Mental Health Providers (licensed professional counselors, licensed clinical social workers, licensed psychologists, licensed marriage and family therapists, psychiatrists, behavioral health nurses); Physicians; Nurses

Level of Instruction: Advanced

Prerequisite: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Foundations: A Skills-Based Approach

Instructional Method: Self-paced, interactive, hybrid of audio, text, video, and learning checks

Accessibility Accommodations: Closed captioning of all audio and video components

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After completing this course, you will be able to describe and employ the following:

  1. Explain the following elements of the first phase of treatment for reducing suicide risk: obtaining client engagement, screening and assessing risk, uncovering the suicide story, developing a Hope Kit, treatment planning, and identifying treatment goals.
  2. Demonstrate competency in utilizing the following middle-phase interventions, with competencies in behavioral, cognitive, and emotion-focused interventions.
  3. Summarize a plan for terminating treatment, including the five steps of the relapse prevention task, skill reinforcement, treatment reflection, and booster sessions.
COURSE OUTLINE

COURSE ACTIVITIES FOR CE CREDIT (≥ 3 hour 21 minutes)

  • Pre-Course Assessment (~10 minutes) [EXCLUDED FROM ACTIVITIES FOR NBCC & CAMFT CREDIT]
  • Module 1: First Phase of Treatment (54+ minutes)
  • Post-Module 1 Assessment (~14 minutes) [EXCLUDED FROM ACTIVITIES FOR NBCC & CAMFT CREDIT]
  • Module 2: Middle Phase of Treatment (50+ minutes)
  • Post-Module 2 Assessment (~14 minutes) [EXCLUDED FROM ACTIVITIES FOR NBCC & CAMFT CREDIT]
  • Module 3: Final Phase of Treatment (55+ minutes)
  • Post-Module 3 Assessment (~4 minutes) [EXCLUDED FROM ACTIVITIES FOR NBCC & CAMFT CREDIT]
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