Preventing Suicide Using a Solution Focused ApproachIn a typical workshop you will:
- Be able to apply at least 10 basic tools and techniques of the SFBT model
- Have acknowledged your existing knowledge and skill base when working with suicidal (SUs) and be keen to enhance that effectiveness.
- Have a good grasp of the basic concepts of solutions approaches to the SU who expresses suicidal ideas.
- Be confident enough to apply at least three of the specialised solution focused tools learned, into your current working practice with suicidal SUs
- Feel more comfortable in your dealings with SUs who want to talk about suicide or self harm as an option for dealing with their difficulties
- Know when, from a risk assessment perspective, to discuss the case and/or receive supervision from appropriate professional colleagues.
- Appreciate the value and importance of optimism, even when dealing with the most tragic of human circumstances confronting you.
Programme Outline
Welcome
The basic principles & assumptions of the solution focused approach
22 key solution focused tools & techniques
How best to help a suicidal person
Questions to elicit suicidal ideation
Questions to ask, once suicidal ideation has been established
‘Going with the person’
Normalisation & Validation
Exception finding and pre-session change
‘Smart +’ goals and small steps
The adapted miracle question
Scaling
Acknowledging the last resort option, whilst generating other possibilities
The power of pre-suppositional language
‘Problemland’, ‘solutionland’ and ‘the 5 o’clock rule
‘The worst case (graveside) scenario’
‘Wise old you’
The importance of using service users’ language
Session spacing
The power of compliments
How to end the first session well
Eliciting positive change and building on improvement in subsequent sessions
Key points to cover when working with suicide
Increasing confidence in this type of working
Round up & summary
“This workshop should be a must for all mental health professionals dealing with severe depression and people who are feeling suicidal” – Graham Fissenden, Margate
“Some of the specialized tools I have learned, I can see will be of great benefit to clients I see in our Crisis Service” – Kirsten Ahlberg, Karlstad, Sweden
“I can see how this approach can actually prevent people from taking their lives. When a worker instils hope and opens up other possibilities, what choice has a client got other than to stick around and see what happens?” – Elizabeth McCullough, Perth ‹ Back to Training Courses |
