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[Episode 119] Today's episode of the Social Work Podcast is an interview with Stacey Freedenthal, Ph.D., LCSW about her book,  Helping the Suicidal Person: Tips and Techniques for Professionals .  I was excited to talk with Dr. Freedenthal because she's come up with 89 tips and techniques that you can start using right away with suicidal clients. In today�s episode, we talk about five of them: Tip #10 � Embrace a Narrative Approach: �Suicidal Storytelling� Tip #35 � Know When and Why to (and not to) Pursue Hospitalization Tip #36 � Know Why not to Pursue Hospitalization Tip #64 � Incorporate a Hope Kit Tip #88 � Propose a Letter to the Suicidal Self Dr. Freedenthal has been a faculty member at the University of Denver School of Social Work since 2005 and maintains a private practice. She�s the creator of the massively popular blog, SpeakingOfSuicide.com , and her writings have appeared in academic journals and media outlets like the New York Times . You can find her on Twitt...

[Episode 111] Today's episode of the Social Work Podcast is about engaging people who are suicidal into professional mental health services. I spoke with Dr. Dana Alonzo from Fordham University. We talked about some of the reasons why people might not want to seek professional mental health services when they are suicidal, and some of the things that mental health professionals do to make it hard for folks to want to stay in treatment. Dana sees this as a problem of engagement. She described the process of how she developed her intervention and what it entails. She ends with some tips on how to improve engagement in treatment for anyone, regardless of suicide risk. Download MP3  [36:33] If you�re feeling suicidal, please talk to somebody. You can reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255; the Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860; or the Trevor Project at 866-488- 7386. Text �START� to Crisis Text Line at 741-741. If you don�t like the phone, consider using t...

[Episode 106] Today's episode of the Social Work Podcast is about a healthcare initiative called Zero Suicide .  In today�s episode, I spoke with David W. Covington, LPC, MBA  who, along with Mike Hogan, developed the Zero Suicide initiative. We talked about how he went from clinician to health care executive, from running a crisis service to organizing Zero Suicide initiatives around the world. We talked about what Zero Suicide means for providers and health care leaders and ended with information about how you can get your healthcare organization involved in Zero Suicide. Zero Suicide:  http://zerosuicide.sprc.org David's website   https://davidwcovington.com/ Twitter David W. Covington:  https://twitter.com/davidwcovington #ZeroSuicide:  https://twitter.com/zerosuicide_org   Zero Suicide Intitute:  https://twitter.com/ZSInstitute Download MP3 [54:49] So why should social workers care about Zero Suicide? Zero Suicide fits social work values....

[Episode 104] In today's episode of the Social Work Podcast I spoke with Kevin Briggs, retired Sergent with the California Highway Patrol. As part of his duties patroling Marin County, Sgt. Briggs responded to calls on the Golden Gate Bridge, one of the most lethal suicide spots in the world. In April 2016 Sgt. Briggs and I talk about what it was like to be a negotiator working with people seconds away from jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge. Sgt. Briggs shared some of his strategies and his struggles working with hundreds of people, some of whom jumped and some of whom didn�t. He talked about getting famous and doing a TED talk. And then he shared something very personal � the story of how he found out that his son had been thinking of killing himself. Sgt. Briggs provides valuable insight in the professional and personal side of crisis work. Download MP3 [35:50] You can read more about his story in his book,  Guardian of the Golden Gate  and on his 2014 TED talk "The Bri...