What you'll learn
Engage in confident, clinically appropriate conversations with clients regarding suicidal ideation (SI), self-injurious behavior (SIB), and homicidal ideation (HI).
Assess risk and determine the appropriate level of care, including when escalation or referral is necessary.
Collaborate with clients to develop ethical, effective safety plans and accurately document risk assessments and interventions with appropriate clinical detail.
Identify key risk factors, warning signs, and protective factors related to SI, SIB, and HI, and integrate this information into clinical decision-making.
Meet the speaker
Emily Zibell, MA, LCPC, NCC (she/her)
Psychotherapist & Internship Program Director at Best Therapies
Emily comes from a background of working seven years in a behavioral health hospital, specializing in adults with mood disorders including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and adjustment disorders. This work has given Emily the opportunity to learn from, support, and guide individuals through all levels of concern from change of life stress to chronic mental health diagnoses. Emily works primarily from a framework of CBT (cognitive-behavioral therapy), REBT (rational emotive behavioral therapy), and some DBT (dialectical behavioral therapy), but thinks it is important to pull from other evidence-based practices to best meet a client where they are. She enjoys including existential and philosophical conversations into her practice about why we do what we do and how to make the world a better place alongside psychoeducation and coping skills. She also like to add in humor and levity when possible because, frankly, we could all use a good laugh now and again.