CBT for Reducing Suicide Risk

Skill: Advanced

Type: Clinical Intervention

Duration: 3.5Hrs

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 receive credit for this course unless you have first completed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Foundations. 

 

LEARNING HUB OVERVIEW:

 

• Estimated Course Length:  3 hrs. and 30 mins.
• CE Credits: 3.50 continuing education hours for social workers, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, physicians, and nurses / 2.75 continuing education hours for counselors
• 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 
• Refresher Videos: 2 provider videos to highlight key concepts
• Supplementary 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. In order to request further accessibility accommodations, please email support@psychhub.com.

*Disclaimer: This course is intended for providers who are licensed or pursuing licensure, as listed above in the target audiences. The education provided in this course is one step toward competency in using the clinical intervention(s) described, but it should be combined with additional supervision, consultation, and/or training. Completion of this course does not give you permission to consider the specific populations, treatment approaches, or clinical concerns as within the scope of your practice capabilities. It is recommended that you consult the appropriate jurisdictions, licensing bodies, and professional code of ethics relevant to your specific licensure type to determine further action needed prior to implementing any of these clinical interventions or treating any of the clinical concerns or presenting issues depicted in the course.

 

 

COURSE LEARNING TARGETS
Course Objectives

What the learner should be able to describe and employ upon course completion:

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.

MODULE OVERVIEWS:

Module 1: First Phase of Treatment

Client engagement, screening and assessing for risk, suicide story, safety planning, psychoeducation, case

conceptualization, general knowledge related to treating clients at risk of suicide, and evidence for cognitive

behavioral therapy for reducing suicide risk.

Module 2: Middle Phase of Treatment

Behavioral interventions, cognitive interventions, emotion-focused interventions, and challenges of working with

clients at risk of suicide.

Module 3: Final Phase of Treatment

Relapse prevention, final tasks, continuation phase, and preventing and addressing secondary trauma related to

 

working with clients at risk of suicide.

CONTINUING EDUCATION:

This continuing education activity is provided through a collaboration between Psych Hub and AffinityCE. Through this collaboration, this activity will provide continuing education for physicians and nurses; through Psych Hub’s  independent accreditation, this activity will provide continuing education for psychologists, marriage and family therapists, social workers, and counselors.

For inquiries regarding CE policies related to CMEs or CNEs, please contact ce@affinityced.com.

For inquiries regarding CE policies related to CEs for psychologists, marriage and family therapists, social workers, and counselors, or for more information on Psych Hub's continuing education programs, email ce@psychhub.com.

 

REFUNDS & GRIEVANCES:

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DISCLAIMER: Psych Hub receives financial support from organizations in the healthcare industry, but these entities do not control or direct course content. For more information on our Conflicts of Interest Policy, find it by navigating to the footer of our website.

This course does not have to be completed in one session. The course length is approximately 3.25 hours. 
The number of CE credits roughly corresponds with the length of the course in hours. 

Course Creation Date: 5/14/20

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• Estimated Course Length:  3 hrs. and 30 mins.
• CE Credits: 3.50 continuing education/contact hours for social workers, psychologists, physicians and nurses / 2.75 continuing education hours for counselors and marriage and family therapists
• 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 
• Refresher Videos: 2 provider videos to highlight key concepts
• Supplementary PDFs: 5 downloadable PDFs expanding on relevant course topics
• Target Audience: Mental Health Practitioners (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. In order to request further accessibility accommodations, please email support@psychhub.com.
• Completion Requirements: To obtain your CE certificate, you must progress through all course segments, complete a participant evaluation, and obtain a score of 80% or higher on a post test quiz. Learners are expected to complete the quiz within 3 attempts. If unable to do so, the learner will need to re-review the course segments.
• Financial/Commercial Support Statement: This course has no commercial support.
• Conflict of Interest: This course has no potential conflict of interest or outside commercial support. Psych Hub's conflict of interest statement is found in the footer of the training center.
• Grievance and Refund Policies: Grievance and refund policies are found in the footer of the training center.
• Participation Costs: The cost to participate in this CE activity is included in the subscription registration fee.
• Course Creation Date: 5/14/2020; updated 4/9/2026

*Disclaimer: This course is intended for providers who are licensed or pursuing licensure, as listed above in the target audiences. The education provided in this course is one step toward competency in using the clinical intervention(s) described, but it should be combined with additional supervision, consultation, and/or training. Completion of this course does not give you permission to consider the specific populations, treatment approaches, or clinical concerns as within the scope of your practice capabilities. It is recommended that you consult the appropriate jurisdictions, licensing bodies, and professional code of ethics relevant to your specific licensure type to determine further action needed prior to implementing any of these clinical interventions or treating any of the clinical concerns or presenting issues depicted in the course.

Course Objectives

What the learner should be able to describe and employ upon course completion:

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.

Module 1: First Phase of Treatment

Client engagement, screening and assessing for risk, suicide story, safety planning, psychoeducation, case conceptualization, general knowledge related to treating clients at risk of suicide, and evidence for cognitive behavioral therapy for reducing suicide risk.

Module 2: Middle Phase of Treatment

Behavioral interventions, cognitive interventions, emotion-focused interventions, and challenges of working with clients at risk of suicide.

Module 3: Final Phase of Treatment

Relapse prevention, final tasks, continuation phase, and preventing and addressing secondary trauma related to working with clients at risk of suicide.