Saving Lives: How Substance Abuse Counselors Can Prevent Suicide - MetroWest

This six-hour workshop is designed for frontline substance abuse counselors who work in any setting directly with clients negatively affected by the use of alcohol and/or other drugs. 

It focuses on three skills: Asking about suicide risk, monitoring for emerging suicide risk, and client safety planning when suicide risk is a concern. 

The workshop is highly interactive and includes instruction, exercises, and take-home tools to help substance abuse counselors interact constructively with clients—based on knowledge of the nature of a suicidal person’s point of view and common caregiver attitudes about suicide, with a focus on working collaboratively with clients to help them address their most pressing needs.