This text-based course was developed in 2023 for mental health professionals. This course prepares licensed counselors to assess and manage suicide-related concerns effectively, emphasizing evidence-based treatments and client safety.

Target audience: mental health professionals

Content Level: beginning to expert

Course Overview:

This course provides licensed professional counselors with the necessary knowledge and skills to effectively assess, treat, and manage suicide-related concerns in their practice. Through a comprehensive exploration of suicide assessment, evidence-based treatment approaches, and risk management strategies, counselors will gain the competencies needed to support clients experiencing suicidal ideation. The course emphasizes the importance of ethical considerations, cultural sensitivity, and collaborative interventions to enhance client safety and well-being.

Course Objectives: 

In this course, you will learn to: 

• understand the prevalence, risk factors, and warning signs associated with suicide;

• apply systematic and evidence-based approaches to suicide assessment, including risk and protective factors;

• establish a supportive and non-judgmental therapeutic environment for clients discussing suicide;

• utilize culturally sensitive and ethically sound strategies when working with diverse populations;

• implement evidence-based treatment modalities for clients experiencing suicidal ideation;

• collaboratively develop safety plans and crisis management strategies to address immediate risk;

• identify and address potential barriers to treatment engagement and adherence.

• recognize the importance of self-care and professional support when working with suicidal clients;

• understand legal and ethical considerations related to suicide assessment, treatment, and management, and

• develop risk management strategies to ensure clients' safety and protect professional liability.

About the author

Matt Grammer, LPCC-S is the founder of Therapy Trainings™, Kentucky Counseling Center®, and Counseling Now®. He has over a decade of experience as a clinician, private practice operator, and consultant. He holds dual Masters degrees in Mental Health Counseling and School Counseling. KY LPCC-S #164069

Consulting Team

Social Work Consultant is Alicia Trager, LCSW.

Marriage and Family Therapy Consultant is Matt White, LMFT 

Psychology consultant is Brett Donnelly, Psy. D.

Course completion & CE info

Course completion requirements: To earn CE credit, professionals must read the material, pay the continuing education certificate fee and complete the posttest (with a passing score of 80%) and course evaluation. Posttests may be retaken. Certificates of completion will be emailed immediately after course completion. 

Therapy Trainings™ is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Kentucky Social Work Board provider #202375, Kentucky MFT Board, and KY LPC Board. 

This course has been approved by Therapy Trainings™, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 6 CE hours. NAADAC provider #270493. Therapy Trainings™ is responsible for all aspects of its programming.

Therapy Trainings™ has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7439. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Therapy Trainings™ is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Therapy Trainings™, #1945, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 12/6/2023 – 12/6/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 6 continuing education credits.

System Requirements

Computer or mobile device with an internet connection.

For questions, concerns, or to request special accommodations, please email [email protected]