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CE: “Suicidality: Phenomenology, Assessment, Treatment and Countertransference” – Dr. Katherine Smith
Sponsored by
The WILA Alumni Association
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
In this short course, we will explore the phenomena surrounding the assessment and treatment of suicidal patients in outpatient psychotherapy. Specifically, this course will address the contemporary milieu of suicide phenomena and prevention, psychodynamic/psychoanalytic perspectives on suicidality, countertransference in the treatment of suicidal patients, suicide assessment in an outpatient setting, and outpatient treatment of suicidal patients (including working with specific affective states).
The program will run from 9am PST to 3:30pm PST and will include a 30 minute break for lunch.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of the program participants should be able to:
- Describe the current state of suicide phenomena and prevention.
- Identify patient risk and protective factors for suicide.
- Describe theoretical foundations of suicidality.
- Identify techniques for assessing suicidal risk.
- Implement suicide assessments at intake and throughout treatment.
- Identify two types of suicidal patients.
- Describe affective states experienced by suicidal patients.
- Work collaboratively with patients to create safety plans and commitment to treatment.
- Document treatment and safety plans that address suicidal ideation and behaviors.
- Implement patient-centered safety plans.
- Describe countertransference phenomena associated with the treatment of suicidal patients.
- Identify coping strategies and support for clinicians treating suicidal patients.
- Describe the experience of treating a patient who attempts suicide.
- Describe the experience of mourning a patient lost to suicide.
PRESENTER
KATHERINE SMITH, PSY.D. is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist LMFT#115452, a psychoanalytic therapist, and candidate in psychoanalysis at LAISPS. She is the founder of TherapySmith, where she supervises associate therapists and provides consultation to other licensed clinicians. Katherine has trained in a variety of modalities and settings, including LGBTQ+ affirmative psychology at the LA LGBT Center and Angeles Psychology Group, neuropsychology at Cedars-Sinai, and psychoanalytic psychotherapy at Wright Institute Los Angeles. As a result of her education and training, her clinical approach is broadly psychodynamic with a soupçon of depth and relational psychoanalysis.
CE INFORMATION
- 6 CE credits
- This CE is at the intermediate level
- To receive CE credit you must attend the entire event
The Wright Institute Los Angeles (WILA) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. WILA maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
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