Suicide intervention

Course overview:

Drawing on evidenced based suicide intervention strategies, this course provides space to increase confidence in engaging with individuals who have thoughts of suicide.

Consider suicide risk factors and, drawing on evidenced based suicide first response strategies, practise evidenced based intervention skills, and identify approaches and resources to support individuals to make plans to stay safe.

Aim(s):

To increase confidence in engaging with individuals who have thoughts of suicide and understand how to plan for safety.

Objectives:

By the end of the course participants will have had opportunities to:

Increase confidence in engaging with individuals about suicide
Consider suicide risk and how to respond, drawing on evidenced based suicide first response strategies
Practice evidenced based intervention skills including developing individual plans to stay safe
Recognise the importance of self-care when supporting a person who has thoughts of suicide

Maximum group size: 12

Online course - delivered over Zoom.

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Suzanne Pearson

Suzanne Pearson is a BABCP Accredited CBT therapist and a Registered Mental Health Nurse. She also has a PGCE in Adult Education. Suzanne has extensive and ongoing experience of supporting individuals to develop their resilience and well-being, and in supporting those recovering from mental and emotional distress.

She has worked in the NHS and voluntary sector as a therapist, mental health practitioner and service manager. Currently she provides a low cost in-person and online CBT therapy service for adults. Suzanne has been a longstanding volunteer with a peer led self-help group for people who self-harm, and she has also volunteered for a national out of hours crisis service.

She continues to be involved with various local mental health related charities as an advisor. She is an experienced independent mental health and social care trainer including being a qualified instructor for the Mental Health First Aid (Adult and Youth) and Applied Suicide Intervention Skills (ASIST) courses.

What people say

“The trainer was clear, communicative and gave a well-based length of knowledge that was simple to understand, covering aspects that give me confidence. Good environment, thank you!”

Course participant, April 2025

“The training was managed well. Good delivery, mixture of group work, case studies and discussions. Thank you!”

Course participant, October 2024

"Good talking through scenarios and how you can approach conversations and situations when people are in crisis. Really good to have Suzanne's direct experiences and recommendations about how to talk about suicide. Excellent awareness from the trainer and good to have direct answers to complex situations - what to do, who to contact and when."

Youth Worker, November 2020

"Learning more human intervention and how to manage this in virtual settings. Very insightful and gave me more confidence. Suzanne explained things in a very clear and mindful way - very good trainer!"

Youth Worker, November 2020

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