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Youth Suicide Prevention Workshop

With Guy Diamond, PhD
Workshop

Youth Suicide Prevention Workshop 

The Institute for the Advancement of Psychotherapy, in association with the Association of Family Therapists of Northern California (AFTNC), Bay Area Community Counseling (BACC), and Newport Academy, have invited Guy Diamond, PhD, the developer of Attachment Based Family Therapy (ABFT) to come to San Francisco to present on Youth Suicide Prevention. ABFT is the only evidence based treatment for adolescent suicide, and the approach was developed by working with adolescents and families after the adolescents' suicide attempt. This workshop provides an introduction to state of the art, empirically supported clinical strategies to help mental health professionals and others who come in contact with suicidal youth manage crises related to suicidal thoughts and behaviors as well as engage families in treatment.  It also fulfills the six hour suicide prevention training requirement for psychologists in the state of California.  
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Guy Diamond, PhD is Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Associate Professor at Drexel University in the College of Nursing and Health Professions. He founded Family Intervention Science in 1996 and and has received funding from NIMH, SAMSHA, CDC, CSAT and several private foundations. Family Intervention Science is dedicated to the development; testing and dissemination of Attachment-Based Family Therapy (ABFT) for depressed and suicidal youth. Dr. Diamond's ABFT model has been rigorously tested in several clinical trials and process research studies and now enjoys the distinction of being an empirically supported treatment on SAMHSA’s NREPP web site. Attachment Based Family Therapy is the only evidence based family therapy model for suicidal youth available. Since teens and young adults are most at risk for suicide of any other age group, it is central that psychologists learn how to work with family members to prevent possible death. Individual approaches to suicidal youth do not provide that training. 

Along with his co-authors, Drs. Gary Diamond and Suzanne Levy, Dr. Diamond has written the first book on ABFT, Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Depressed Adolescents, published by the American Psychological Association. For more information on the book, go to http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4317324.aspx
WORKSHOP
This six-hour workshop directly relates to the clinical work of all mental health professionals. It provides an introduction to empirically supported clinical strategies to help mental health professionals and others who come in contact with suicidal youth manage crises related to suicidal thoughts and behaviors as well as engage families in treatment.

The workshop has four parts as described below. 

1. Introduction:
We present a family centered-care and trauma informed perspective to understand risk assessment, safety planning, and family engagement. We then present some general national prevalence data to help professionals better understand suicide in the community.

2. Understanding Suicide Risk
We review standard procedures for conducting thorough suicide risk assessments with youth to help professionals determine whether a client can be treated safely on an outpatient basis. This includes reviewing relevant risk factors, warning signs, and protective factors for youth as well as the standard questions for assessing current suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Standardized measures to assist with assessment are presented. Additionally, how to conduct the assessment process with youth and their parents is discussed. Finally, the decision making process post assessment is reviewed. Audience members will have the opportunity to engage in an experiential exercise related to suicide risk assessment.

3. Safety Planning
We review and teach the current models for conducing safety planning with suicidal youth and their families. These empirically supported safety plans are not suicide contracts where youth are required to make a” promise” to avoid suicide and self-injury. Instead, safety planning offers youth and parents a specific step-by- step plan for what to do if and when suicidal thinking emerges. We discuss how to prepare families to engage in safety planning, how to facilitate the process, and the importance of involving parents in safety planning when working with youth. Audience members will have an opportunity to practice safety planning during the workshop.

4. Engaging Parents and Youth
We discuss strategies for parent engagement when professionals need to refer adolescents and/or their families to mental health treatment. Based on principles of attachment-based family therapy (Diamond, Diamond, & Levy, 2014), specific clinical engagement strategies help to reduce help-seeking barriers and increase parental motivation to find appropriate care for their child. Audience members will have opportunities to practice these techniques during the workshop.

*** Spiritual Competency Resource Center provides CE credits. American Psychological Association: Spiritual Competency Resource Center (SCRC) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Spiritual Competency Resource Center maintains responsibility for its programs and their content. California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE credits for license renewal by LCSWs, MFTs, LPCCs, and LEPs for programs from CE approved sponsors of the American Psychological Association. LCSWs and MFTs from states other than California need to check with their state licensing board for approval. SCRC is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN Provider CEP16887) for licensed nurses in California.For questions about these CE accreditations, visit 
www.spiritualcompetency.com or contact David Lukoff, PhD at [email protected].

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Winter 2021 Workshop
When: TBD
Where: Google Community Space
188 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94105
Cost: $150 ($75 student/pre-licensed)
CE: $25 (free for AFTNC members)
      (10% discount for groups of 4 or more - email [email protected])
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This is a co-sponsored event in conjunction with Association of Family Therapists of Northern California,   
Bay Area Community Counseling, The Institute for the Advancement of Psychotherapy, and Newport Academy.

Past Trainings at IAP


For More Information Contact Us At [email protected] or (415) 617-5932

Upcoming Trainings 


SUMMER 2023

July 24th - July 28th
Summer Intensive 2023

July 24th
Integrating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
with W. Keith Sutton, Psy.D.

July 25th
Integrating Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
with W. Keith Sutton, Psy.D.

July 26th

Integrating Family Therapy with Children and Adolescents
with W. Keith Sutton, Psy.D.

July 27th
Introduction to Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing
with W. Keith Sutton, Psy.D.

July 28th
Creative Techniques in Child Therapy
with Jeannette Harroun, LMFT, RPT-S

July 28th
Motivational Interviewing
with W. Keith Sutton, Psy.D.

July 28th
Assessment and Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Children, Adolescents, & Adults
with W. Keith Sutton, Psy.D.


Aug 25th
Supervision, Law, and Ethics

FALL 2023

Sept 1st - Feb 2nd
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Consultation Group
with W. Keith Sutton, Psy.D.


Sept 8th - Feb 9th
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy Consultation Group
with W. Keith Sutton, Psy.D.


Sept 15th
Integrating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
with W. Keith Sutton Psy.D.

Oct 6th - Dec 15th
10 Week One Way Mirror Training in CBT
with W. Keith Sutton Psy.D.

Oct 13th - May 17th
Evolving Structural-Strategic Family Therapy: Level 2
with W. Keith Sutton Psy.D.


Oct 20th - Feb 16th
Evolving Structural-Strategic Family Therapy Consultation Group
with W. Keith Sutton, Psy.D.

Oct 27th - Jan 26th
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Consultation Group
with W. Keith Sutton Psy.D.
WINTER 2024

​Jan 19th - Mar 29th
10 Week One Way Mirror Training in EFT
with W. Keith Sutton Psy.D.

Jan 26th
Integrating Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
with W. Keith Sutton Psy.D.
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SPRING 2024


Mar 1st - June 7th
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Consultation Group 
with W. Keith Sutton Psy.D.

Mar 8th - July 12th
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy Consultation Group
with W. Keith Sutton, Psy.D.

Mar 15th - Aug 16th
Evolving Structural-Strategic Family Therapy Consultation Group
with W. Keith Sutton, Psy.D.

​Mar 22nd - July 26th
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Consultation Group
with W. Keith Sutton, Psy.D.

Apr 19th
Integrating Family Therapy with Children and Adolescents
with W. Keith Sutton, Psy.D.

Apr 26th - June 28th
10 Week One Way Mirror Training in ESSFT
with W. Keith Sutton, Psy.D.

SUMMER 2024

July 29th - Aug 2nd 
Summer Intensive 2024

*There will be a dog present with Dr. Sutton at all trainings.
**3107 Fillmore St is an older building, which does not have an elevator
***Spiritual Competency Resource Center provides CE credits. American Psychological Association: Spiritual Competency Resource Center (SCRC) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Spiritual Competency Resource Center maintains responsibility for its programs and their content. California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE credits for license renewal by LCSWs, MFTs, LPCCs, and LEPs for programs from CE approved sponsors of the American Psychological Association. LCSWs and MFTs from states other than California need to check with their state licensing board for approval. SCRC is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN Provider CEP16887) for licensed nurses in California.For questions about these CE accreditations, visit www.spiritualcompetency.com or contact David Lukoff, PhD at [email protected].
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