Treating Suicidal Clients & Self-Harm Behaviors: Assessments, Worksheets & Guides for Interventions and Long-Term Care - Paperback

by Meagan N. Houston (Author)

Developed from years of working with the most challenging suicidal cases, Dr. Meagan N. Houston has created a workbook to prepare you for all the intricacies that affect clients' choices to live or die. Treating Suicidal Clients & Self-Harm Behaviors is filled with proven assessments, unique worksheets and action-based methods to help your clients navigate and survive the turbulent periods of their lives where suicidal and/or self-harm behaviors appear to be their primary options to cope.

This complete resource also includes underlying etiology, varying life factors, and mental health concerns that influence suicidal and self-destructive behaviors.

* Downloadable assessments, worksheets and guides

* Therapy approaches for Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) and suicidal behavior

* Applying crisis management skills, DBT and CBT to treatment

* Ethical and legal issues related to working with suicidal behavior

* Incorporating technology into treatment

* Strategies for specific populations