39 min
Preventing Client Suicide The Modern Therapist's Survival Guide with Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy
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- Alternative Health
An interview with Norine Vander Hooven, LCSW about assessing suicide appropriately for our clients from the beginning of treatment. Curt and Katie talk with Norine about what therapists often miss with their clients and how to treat suicidality when it comes up.
It’s time to reimagine therapy and what it means to be a therapist. We are human beings who can now present ourselves as whole people, with authenticity, purpose, and connection. Especially now, when therapists must develop a personal brand to market their practices.
To support you as a whole person and a therapist, your hosts, Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy talk about how to approach the role of therapist in the modern age.
Interview with Norine Vander Hooven, LCSW
Norine Vander Hooven is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has been in practice for 32 years. She specializes in trauma, anxiety, suicide prevention, and life transitions. Norine is also certified in EMDR therapy, and is in training to be an EMDR therapy consultant. She uses this to work with people with PTSD, anxiety, and traumatic life events. Norine provides clinical consultation for therapists, as well as she works with young adults and adults in her private practice. Learn more at norinevanderhooven.com
In this episode we talk about:
Norine’s story and how she entered into suicidology
How to appropriately assess for Suicide Risk from the beginning of treatment
What needs to be asked in your intake
The fear that therapists have in deeply looking at suicide with clients
The importance of exploring traumas from birth for clients
Why “die by suicide” is so much better than “committed” suicide
What #notsix means (how many people are actually affected by a single suicide)
Risk factors for suicidality: lack of belonging, feeling of being a burden, capability
What therapists often miss when assessing for suicide
The need to understand the client’s perception of the level of crisis around suicidality
Old school assessments and safety contracts that are not useful, and what to use instead
Who is most at risk for suicidal thoughts
What to consider in assessing for suicidality with clients who don’t appear to be at risk
Different types of suicidal thoughts
Searching for hope and forward thinking in life
Types of treatment modalities to address all types of suicidal thoughts
How to successfully assess, safety plan, and address suicide head on
An interview with Norine Vander Hooven, LCSW about assessing suicide appropriately for our clients from the beginning of treatment. Curt and Katie talk with Norine about what therapists often miss with their clients and how to treat suicidality when it comes up.
It’s time to reimagine therapy and what it means to be a therapist. We are human beings who can now present ourselves as whole people, with authenticity, purpose, and connection. Especially now, when therapists must develop a personal brand to market their practices.
To support you as a whole person and a therapist, your hosts, Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy talk about how to approach the role of therapist in the modern age.
Interview with Norine Vander Hooven, LCSW
Norine Vander Hooven is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has been in practice for 32 years. She specializes in trauma, anxiety, suicide prevention, and life transitions. Norine is also certified in EMDR therapy, and is in training to be an EMDR therapy consultant. She uses this to work with people with PTSD, anxiety, and traumatic life events. Norine provides clinical consultation for therapists, as well as she works with young adults and adults in her private practice. Learn more at norinevanderhooven.com
In this episode we talk about:
Norine’s story and how she entered into suicidology
How to appropriately assess for Suicide Risk from the beginning of treatment
What needs to be asked in your intake
The fear that therapists have in deeply looking at suicide with clients
The importance of exploring traumas from birth for clients
Why “die by suicide” is so much better than “committed” suicide
What #notsix means (how many people are actually affected by a single suicide)
Risk factors for suicidality: lack of belonging, feeling of being a burden, capability
What therapists often miss when assessing for suicide
The need to understand the client’s perception of the level of crisis around suicidality
Old school assessments and safety contracts that are not useful, and what to use instead
Who is most at risk for suicidal thoughts
What to consider in assessing for suicidality with clients who don’t appear to be at risk
Different types of suicidal thoughts
Searching for hope and forward thinking in life
Types of treatment modalities to address all types of suicidal thoughts
How to successfully assess, safety plan, and address suicide head on
39 min