Nuance in Suicidal Ideation Assessment
Presenters will guide participants through nuanced learning of suicide assessment, starting with terminology, and identifying tools and best practices. We will discuss specific needs of ND, LGBTQ2S+, and BIPOC youth and WA State laws on involuntary commitment.
Overview
Recorded: Spring, 2025 1 CE
Presenters will guide participants through nuanced learning of suicide assessment, starting with terminology, and identifying tools and best practices. We will discuss specific needs of ND, LGBTQ2S+, and BIPOC youth and WA State laws on involuntary commitment. We will offer expectations for events that warrant clients going to the ER for SI/SH, and what the client can expect and the therapist role during and after the client is discharged from the ER. Participants will receive several resources in addition to slides and recording of presentation to refer back to as needed.
Learning Objectives:
-Increase confidence assessing for suicidal ideation and self harm
-Learn how to identify the differences between passive and active SI and SH
-Learn best practices when communicating about SI and SH with family and support team
-Learn specific risk factors for ND, LGBTQ2S+, and BIPOC youth
-Learn WA State Laws on involuntary commitment
-Learn what to expect if a client does need to go to the ER for SI or SH
-Learn how to plan for a safe transition after discharge from ER services
Outline of presentation:
-Introduction to presenters and intention behind this presentation - to improve assessment skills and increase confidence supporting youth and adults who experience suicidal ideation and/or self harm
-Presenters will define suicidal ideation, active vs. passive, suicidal gesture, and self harm
-opportunity for participants to ask any questions and comments
-Presenters will present best practices for creating community support and how to effectively communicate and support family and care team in supporting client when experiencing SI or SH
-Presenters will discuss specific risk factors for ND, LGBTQ2S+, and BIPOC youth
-opportunity for participants questions and comments
-Presenters will review WA State Laws of involuntary commitment and resources to avoid ER and police involvement
-opportunity for participants questions and comments
-Presenters will discuss common steps that lead up to a client needing to go to the ER for SI or SH, and common sequence of events from arrival to discharge at the ER, and therapist role to assist client in safe transition home or to higher level of care
-opportunity for participant questions and comments
Presenters will provide participants with several resource documents to help expand a support support system; sample SI assessment graph tool; list of non-police resources for crisis support
About the Presenter
Dr. Tanya is the co-founder and CEO of Colorful Minds Psychotherapy Collective. She is a neurodivergent, queer, Cuban-American counselor educator, clinical supervisor, and licensed mental health counselor in both Florida and Washington state. Dr. Tanya provides virtual clinical supervision, mental health consultation and psychotherapy through her private practice, Evolve Counseling Center, LLC. She also currently teaches as Adjunct Faculty at Antioch University Seattle. Dr. Tanya’s clinical experience includes inpatient acute psychiatric stabilization, college counseling centers, and ambulatory substance abuse detox. She opened her private practice in 2014, and was an early adopter of telehealth, or online counseling. Dr. Tanya has presented original research on distance counseling, distance supervision, and culturally competent counseling pedagogy at national conferences including the American Counseling Association, Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, and Association for Specialists in Group Work. She co-wrote a CCE-Global certification curriculum for Distance Counseling (2014-2017), and developed training and courses on online counseling for Antioch University Seattle’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling program. Dr. Tanya has supervised over a dozen pre-licensed clinicians, and taught hundreds of masters and doctoral counseling students as a professor at Antioch University Seattle, Barry University, Nova Southeastern University, and The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Currently her clinical work focuses on supporting adults who are recovering from harmful religious or spiritual experiences, as well neurodivergent adults who are exploring their unique minds. Dr. Tanya is passionate about supporting counselors and clients to build lives that are custom built for their needs and preferences. Dr. Tanya enjoys mentoring and supporting all Colorful Minds Collective clinicians. In a landscape of telehealth companies and agencies that require psychotherapists to work long hours and see many clients a day, many neurodivergent and/or chronically ill clinicians are only able to sustainably practice psychotherapy in private practice. This provides autonomy over their time, caseloads, and environment. Clinicians who are able to take control over their work are better able to care for their clients, improving clinical outcomes. If you’re a Washington psychotherapist interested in launching or growing your private practice within the Colorful Minds Collective community, contact Dr. Tanya for more information.