Suicide Prevention: A Roadmap to Safety

Desert–CAMFT

presents:

Suicide Prevention:
A Roadmap to Safety

Presented By:
Kimberly Beckstead, LCSW

Online Via Zoom

Monday, October 23, 2023
9:00 am – 4:00 pm

6 CE Credits*

Our Presentation

Participants in this training leave with a new level of confidence assessing for suicide risk, feel a sense of mastery over safety planning and build on existing clinical skills to develop a new understanding of suicide prevention and how to implement a new framework into everyday clinical practice.

Goals:

Increase a clinician’s sense of confidence and professional efficacy in assessing suicide risk utilizing evidence based assessment tools, improve understanding of the critical elements to be included in safety planning and ultimately empower clinicians to start the difficult conversation about suicide using a trauma informed approach.

Learning Objectives

1. Demonstrate understanding of the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale and its administration with a suicidal patient.
2. Identify at least 2 common fears held by clinicians working with suicidal patients and in turn identify 2 techniques that can be used to mitigate identified fears associated with treating suicidal patients.
3. Describe at least 3 critical elements to be included in safety planning with a suicidal patient.
4. Define and differentiate between acute suicide risk and chronic suicide risk.
5. Identify at least 2 new techniques learned from the training demonstrating how to elicit more information from a suicidal patient to more accurately determine suicide risk level.
6. Identify at least 2 main components of the “roadmap to safety.”

About Our Presenter

For the past 18 years Kimberly Beckstead, LCSW, has immersed herself into the clinical and administrative world of chronic pervasive mental illness, complex trauma, suicide prevention, substance abuse treatment, and trauma informed care. Having initially started her career working as a clinical case manager for the county of San Diego, over the last 10 years she found her passion working with active duty military and Veterans; where complex childhood trauma, military trauma, mental illness and substance abuse intersect. Kimberly has extensive experience providing clinical crisis intervention, case management, clinical supervision, program management, private training and clinical consultation.

Working with the DoD, Kimberly created new suicide prevention programming at the installation level, spearheading the Marine Intercept Program dedicated to providing crisis intervention and care coordination for active duty service members hospitalized for suicidal ideation or having had a suicide attempt. Kimberly actively integrates suicide prevention efforts with the community through the dissemination of interdisciplinary trainings San Diego county-wide. Kimberly is one of the founding members of the San Diego Trauma Informed Guide team and presently continues her work in suicide prevention, serving as a Suicide Prevention Coordinator at the Jennifer Moreno San Diego VA Hospital. Kimberly is a dynamic trainer, often complimented for her use of humor and authenticity when tackling sensitive topics, encouraging active discussion and thought provoking material.

This course is suitable for LMFTs, LCSWs, LEPs, LFCCs, associates of the preceding categories, and students. This course is eligible for 6 continuing education credits. Online, via Zoom. Registered attendees will receive a Zoom link at the time of registration.

Cost:
$65 Desert-CAMFT Members
$45 Prelicensed Member
$75 for Non-Chapter Members
$45 General Admission (No CE Credits*)

Closing date for registration is October 22, 2023 at 10pm.