Seminar Detail
Suicide & Self-Mutilation: Stopping the Pain
- Where:
- BURLINGTON, VT
- When:
- Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
This event is not currently available for purchase.
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Course Description:
Using case studies taken from her career as a Military Psychologist – Dr. Carman Clark will bring to life the ideas, theories and concepts presented in this engaging one-of-a-kind workshop.
After examining the goals of suicide and the goals that the self-mutilator desires to achieve, you will delve into treatment strategies that will help guide your client to achieve those goals with other, less damaging strategies. You will learn which personality types are most vulnerable to acts of suicide and self-mutilation, as well as the essential link between these behaviors and addiction disorders. Most importantly, your attention will be focused on the treatment relationship and the key to hope for both the suicidal and the self-harm clients.
Using case studies taken from her career as a Military Psychologist – Dr. Carman Clark will bring to life the ideas, theories and concepts presented in this engaging one-of-a-kind workshop.
After examining the goals of suicide and the goals that the self-mutilator desires to achieve, you will delve into treatment strategies that will help guide your client to achieve those goals with other, less damaging strategies. You will learn which personality types are most vulnerable to acts of suicide and self-mutilation, as well as the essential link between these behaviors and addiction disorders. Most importantly, your attention will be focused on the treatment relationship and the key to hope for both the suicidal and the self-harm clients.
Objectives:
- Describe a thorough assessment for suicidal intent that entails asking three key questions in each of the five domains of human functioning.
- Assess an individual’s stage of suicidal ideation based on the symptoms presented.
- Differentiate self-mutilation from suicidal gestures.
- State the three main causal factors of self-mutilation.
- List three symptoms that distinguish Stage IV (impending suicidal potential) from Stage V (moribund).
- Describe three interventions to decrease the incidence of self-mutilation.
- Discuss three interventions that would be appropriate for suicide prevention in the community.
- Describe the family’s response to a member of the family who has completed the act of suicide.
- Determine two interventions for staff members who have lost a patient or peer to an act of suicide.
CARMAN S CLARK, ED.D., LPC
Carman S. Clark, Ed.D., LPC, is a Military Psychologist and national speaker who has helped and educated hundreds in her 29-year career in psychology, medicine and public health. Dr. Clark is a 14 year member of the American Psychological Association and the American Medical Association, and has contributed to the prevention of suicide among adolescents, adults, and members of the military since 1999.
Carman worked in the mental health unit during wartime circumstances and gained first-hand knowledge of what fueled suicidal ideations in the minds of fellow soldiers. As a Psychotherapist in private practice, she has successfully treated patients who engage in self-mutilation.
Dr. Clark currently serves as Chief of the Organizational Consulting Office at Warner Robins Air Force Base, where she performs organizational climate assessments and has developed a base-wide protocol for reporting suicide threats and completions. She also conducts workshops, briefings and interventions in suicide prevention and education, prevention of workplace violence, anger/stress management, team development and cohesion, effective communication, conflict resolution, and employee behavioral health issues relative to the Employee Assistance Program. She also provides consultation and executive coaching to high-ranking military and civilian leaders within the Department of Defense on issues of suicide in the military.
Carman worked in the mental health unit during wartime circumstances and gained first-hand knowledge of what fueled suicidal ideations in the minds of fellow soldiers. As a Psychotherapist in private practice, she has successfully treated patients who engage in self-mutilation.
Dr. Clark currently serves as Chief of the Organizational Consulting Office at Warner Robins Air Force Base, where she performs organizational climate assessments and has developed a base-wide protocol for reporting suicide threats and completions. She also conducts workshops, briefings and interventions in suicide prevention and education, prevention of workplace violence, anger/stress management, team development and cohesion, effective communication, conflict resolution, and employee behavioral health issues relative to the Employee Assistance Program. She also provides consultation and executive coaching to high-ranking military and civilian leaders within the Department of Defense on issues of suicide in the military.
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If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, or questions on home study credit availability, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.
The planning committee and staff who controlled the content of this activity have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. For speaker disclosures, please see speaker bios.
PESI, Inc. offers continuing education programs and products under the brand names PESI, PESI Healthcare, PESI Kids, PESI Rehab and Psychotherapy Networker.
If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, or questions on home study credit availability, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.
The planning committee and staff who controlled the content of this activity have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. For speaker disclosures, please see speaker bios.
PESI, Inc. offers continuing education programs and products under the brand names PESI, PESI Healthcare, PESI Kids, PESI Rehab and Psychotherapy Networker.
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Your satisfaction is our goal and our guarantee. Concerns should be addressed to PESI Rehab, P.O. Box 1000, Eau Claire, WI 54702-1000 or call (800) 844-8260.
ADA Needs
We would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please call our Customer Service Department for more information at (800) 844-8260.
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