Suicide Prevention

I help agencies and organizations implement what works, in a way that makes sense to the people who live it.

TRAINING . CONSULTATIONS . SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

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What if You Reach Out Now?

TRAINING

Not your average suicide prevention training.

Practical, effective, suicide prevention strategies can be integrated into your standard operating procedures, communications, peer and supervisory interactions, and more. Designed as a full-day training, this training includes instruction of evidence-based practices, scenario-based application, and discussion. Suicide prevention training customized for your people giving them the tools to stay protected from everyday stressors.

CONSULTATIONS

Implementable strategies at your fingtertips, without fluff.

Consultations are available for any agency, department, unit, company, or group seeking expertise regarding suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention (after a suicide loss). After a suicide, it's crucial to involve experts in suicide prevention to help those affected heal and grow, and to work to prevent contagion.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

What if we tried something new in suicide prevention?

I focus action, going beyond awareness. I’m available for presentations and conference sessions for first responder, healthcare and education audiences.

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WHERE I’VE DONE THIS WORK

  • FirstNet Health and Wellness Coalition

  • Health and Mental Health Agencies

  • International Agencies through USAID-funded initiatives

  • International Association of Chiefs of Police’s National Consortium on Preventing Law Enforcement Suicide

  • National and State First Responder Associations and Programs

  • Police Departments

  • State Suicide Prevention Agencies and County Coalitions

  • Tribal Organizations

  • Universities and schools

  • Zero Suicide

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Risk factors, protective factors and precipitating factors are hard to hold in your head in the middle of a call. Helpers have enough to remember.

So, I teach them as dominoes: what lines them up, what triggers the cascade, what stops the fall. It's simple to remember and simple enough to explain to someone else, which is the point.

Ready when you are.

What if You Reach Out Now?