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Are pain and suffering the same? In suicide prevention we listen for and validate any subtleties of pain that our clients deem to be unbearable. Nevertheless, suffering and pain is complex and often in reflection after having provided a counselling/support session one will ask themselves if they missed something?
The principles of suicide prevention are based on a ‘no-secrets’ philosophy. However, what might be a cry for help from a person who is suffering might not be so obvious to the counsellor. This course explores the subtleties of client’s suicidal pain that can be missed in a counselling session and provides strategies to discern this with more confidence and compassion. The course promotes self-reflection for practitioners to also explore their own barriers that can block our capacity to listening to suffering and suicidal pain. Clarity will be promoted by exploring what happens when people write down their suicidal thoughts and have these read out aloud by someone else to create a better understanding, connection, and empathy amongst strangers.
The course will focus on suffering as a unique human experience and build upon principles of understanding, supporting, allowing and exploring this experience. A whole person approach will be applied when exploring the subtleties of suffering that can lead to suicide. Learn how to invite clients to unpack this whole person pain that is physical, mental, social and spiritual. Research demonstrates that spiritual/existential concerns play a significant role as a protective and/or risk factors for suicidal behaviours and bereavement. This workshop will explore ways of ultimate meaning-making through relationships, the natural environment,
religion and the arts which can become protective factors in suicide prevention. All four areas are part of whole person and spiritual care and aims to alleviate suffering. Spirituality is a critical component in the healing process of people bereft through suicide. It becomes even more significant for older people, whose developmental need to make meaning increases with age. Older men (85 years and over) have the highest rates of suicide in Australia and this is often an unknown or unspoken statistic.
Elements of spiritual care interventions, reminiscing and the gift of silence in trust building work will be explored. Beate will draw on two decades of experience of working with people vulnerable or bereaved to suicide.
Feedback from Beate’s most recent presentations for PDP: (to be updated)
“Very good!! Great info. Lots of links to resources.”
“So much great content. Beate´ is fabulous.”
“Would have loved two days. Loved the body map and image exercise.”
“Very informative and practical – thank – you!”
“Excellent” “Fantastic”
“It was the best PDP Seminar I have attended. Informative, educational, hands on. Everyone was involved it was interactive, different variety of resources used. Really enjoyed it.”
“Great learning today. Thank you.”
“Beate´ shares a lot of relevant, hands on stories that brings reality to the theory and information. Beate´ is a wonderfully warm engaging presenter.”
“Practical, usable, and far more grounded that I had imagined! SO many resources to take away with me!”
“Wonderful, valuable day – really opened my thinking on loss and grief leaving me feeling much more confident to support my grieving clients (and myself and family).
PESI Australia, in collaboration with PESI in the USA, offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognized by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. On completion of the training, a Professional Development Certificate is issued after the individual has answered and submitted a quiz and course evaluation. This program is worth 6 hours CPD for points calculation by your association.
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
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| Handout 1 : Presenter slides (2.74 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Handout 2 - Daring to be vulnerable with Brene Brown (0.06 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Handout 3 - Video Links (0.11 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Handout 4 - Zoom link (only for group exercise during webcast) (0.10 MB) | Available after Purchase |
Learning objectives of this training:
“If you ever wondered ‘Did I missed something’ in terms of a client’s covert vulnerability to suicide, then this course provides you with skills and practice to redress your confidence in suicide prevention.” Beate Steller
How will you benefit from attending this training?
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Evaluation and quiz - your payment includes a quiz which when completed with a minimum of 80% correct answers, will enable you to download your Attendance Certificate. To complete the quiz, please log into your account at pdp-catalogue.com.au and click the orange "Certificate" button under the program's title. For live webcasts, post-tests must be completed within one month of viewing the program.
This seminar has been designed to extend the clinical knowledge and applied skill of Psychologists, Counsellors, Psychotherapists, Coaches, Social Workers and Psychiatrists with little knowledge of Existential theory and practice.
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