Suicide Prevention: Words that Save Lives

A Training Program for Mental Health Professionals

RETREAT BY INVITED PRESENTER

When a client is in crisis—and especially if they are suicidal—it is critical that your instinctual response is correct. Join Brett Cotter, Stress Is Gone founder, as he shares specialized techniques to gently guide your clients from extreme stress to inner-peace and happiness, while preserving your own ability to stay centered and avoid overwhelm.

The program will unfurl over three Sunday afternoons:

• November 9: Body language techniques that allow the other person to feel safe enough to express their deepest pain
• November 16: What to say and how to say it to surface and release the deeper issues
• December 7: How to break free from empathy fatigue and caregiver burnout

Through traditional teaching and experiential learning—including partner role-playing—you will gain tools you can use immediately to  support your clients who are dealing with complicated grief.

“As a clinician, it was impressive feeling my own stress lift out of my body.”

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Each afternoon will be an interactive learning experience, taking a deep dive into one of the three core parts of the curricula. Through teaching and Q&A, small group discussion and role-playing, you will learn:

• Realtime self-regulation technique to reduce burnout and empathy fatigue
• Body language techniques to disarm defense mechanisms
• 5 prompts to surface the core issue fueling the ideation
• Method to remain present while listening to your patient’s pain
• Breathwork technique to help patients release emotional pain
• Tricks to unlock stuck emotions from various parts of the body
• Clear framework to manage conversations that incorporate suicidal ideation

You will gain critical new skills and increased confidence—which together can help you save lives.

Each session will included guided meditations designed to surface and release your own stress and anxiety.

Every participant will receive the Suicide Prevention Family Handbook and The Stress Is Gone Suicide Prevention Training Guide, containing the Suicide Prevention Protocol.

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

• Intimate setting with personal access to the teacher
• Interactive sessions
• Question and answer periods
• Guided meditations
• Opportunity to become Stress Is Gone Certified
• Option to stay for dinner—or combine the program with a Personal Retreat

OPEN TO ALL MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

This program is designed for mental health professionals who:

• Have lost a client to suicide
• Are dealing with active or chronic suicidal ideation
• Work with populations with a high suicide rate, such as veterans and addicts
• Have clients with family members who died of suicide

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

It is strongly suggested that you read the Suicide Prevention Family Handbook before the program; it will be supplied as a PDF upon registration.

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