Using a Mood Scale for Suicide Assessment
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An evidence-based, time-tested approach that emphasizes collaboration with suicidal clients
- Intervene collaboratively and empathically rather than from a position of authority or anxiety
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- Expand clinical flexibility and confidence with all forms of suicidality, from passive to active, acute to chronic, and indirect to lethal
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Through compassionate and targeted sessions with a 30 year-old single mother and a 22 year old native-american alcoholic Iraq veteran, Dr. Sommers-Flanagan demonstrates the assessment and treatment skills necessary to work collaboratively with suicidal clients.
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Volume 2
Working with a teenager, a recent widow and a woman struggling with the memories of a schizophrenic mother, Sommers-Flangan demonstrates the use of various tools to optimize clinical effectiveness: the "Mood Rating Scale with a Suicide Floor" to help identify changes in a client’s emotional status and the "Suicide Rating Form" to develop strategies for accurately assessing your client’s risk for suicide. You will also acquire the skills necessary for developing an effective safety plan with suicidal clients
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In this video, Sommers-Flanagan addresses the issue of acute suicidality as he works with a 35-year-old white gay male who is socially isolated, hopeless, and with access to lethal means. You will develop a deeper clinical appreciation for issues such as such as balancing a client’s autonomy with the duty to protect, the inter-generational transmission of trauma, incorporating hospitalization into treatment planning, and appropriate referral of suicidal clients.
Supplemental expert interviews cover the issues of suicide in Asian-American cultures, the challenges to effectively assessing suicidal minority youth and coping strategies for family members who have lost loved ones to suicide.
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“Dr. John Sommers-Flanagan does a marvelous job of assessing and interviewing with several clients who struggle with suicidal ideation. Those who view this video will acquire important guidelines in interviewing suicidal clients.”
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John Sommers-Flanagan is a professor of counselor education at the University of Montana, a clinical psychologist and a mental health consultant.
Primarily specializing in working with children, parents, and families, John is author or coauthor of over 50 professional publications and nine books, including How to Listen so Parents will Talk and Talk so Parents will Listen (John Wiley & Sons, 2011), Counseling and Psychotherapy Theories in Context and Practice (2nd ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2012), Clinical Interviewing (5th ed., Wiley, 2014), and Tough Kids, Cool Counseling (2nd ed., ACA, 2007).
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