Making Sense of Suicide: Safety Planning: Part 3

by DrKatieBrazaitis | Feb 4, 2025 | Clinical Interventions, Enhancing Competency, Suicide

Part one of this sub-series introduced suicide safety planning. I reviewed the rationale for using them and key elements to consider. In part two, I started describing in detail the different sections of the safety plan. I covered Warning Signs and Coping Strategies:...

Making Sense of Suicide: Safety Planning, Part 2

by DrKatieBrazaitis | Jan 20, 2025 | Clinical Interventions, Enhancing Competency, Suicide

Back in November, I introduced Suicide Safety Planning. I reviewed the research and tips for making a high quality plan. Namely, I explained that all elements on a safety plan should be specific, accessible, feasible, and safe. In this post, I’ll start going...

Making Sense of Suicide: Safety Planning

by DrKatieBrazaitis | Nov 5, 2024 | Clinical Interventions, Enhancing Competency, Suicide

In this Making Sense of Suicide installment, I’ll be talking about safety planning. As usual, there is too much to cover in one post. First I’ll describe what safety planning is, provide a quick review of the research, and discuss key elements for ensuring...

Making Sense of Suicide: Risk Assessment: Facing Your Fears

by DrKatieBrazaitis | Sep 22, 2024 | Clinical Interventions, Enhancing Competency, Suicide

Welcome back to my series Making Sense of Suicide. I’ve previously talked about why we need to talk about making sense of suicide more, and I reviewed key theories to provide the needed framework for understanding suicidal ideations and related behaviors. Now...

Making Sense of Suicide: Part 2 Theory  

by DrKatieBrazaitis | Jul 2, 2024 | Clinical Interventions, Enhancing Competency, Suicide

I am a firm believer that having a strong foundation in theory allows for the creation of rich and compassionate conceptualizations.  This is especially true for making sense of suicide. In this post I will provide a brief review of two of the three frameworks I...

Making Sense of Suicide: Part 1 Introduction

by admingabfleming | Jun 19, 2024 | Enhancing Competency, Suicide

Making sense of suicide helps clinicians increase their competency and comfort in treating suicidal ideations and related behaviors. Part 1: Introduction Suicide remains a national and international crisis. The World Health Organization (2018) estimated that over...