A COLLABORATION BETWEEN BNA AND ABETTER WAY

This 3-hour workshop will cover practical skills and ethical concerns around coaching clients experiencing suicidality.

Starting with new perspectives on suicidality based on the latest research, you’ll learn to apply coaching techniques to address this and other red flags – all while staying in scope. You will see a demonstration of this approach as well as practice having these crucial conversations in a low-stakes environment.

Upon completion of this course, you will: 

• Have different perspective on suicidality that honors client agency, and is more empowering and encouraging for the client.

• Know when and how to access higher level support for you and your clients.

• Have increased capacity to support those experiencing distress within scope of practice.

• Understand how to coach a client to greater self-efficacy in accessing support and envisioning a future worth living.