Henden, John,

Preventing suicide : the solution focused approach / John Henden. - Second Edition. - 1 online resource

Revised edition of the author's Preventing suicide, c2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

About the author -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- How to use this book -- The book?s : style and purpose -- Defining suicide and self-harm -- Current service provision : risk assessment, management and medication -- Other approaches to helping the suicidal -- What is solution focused brief therapy? -- Suicide encounters : the crucial first ten minutes -- The solution focused approach in working with the suicidal -- Case study : reg and "the demons calling from the deep" -- Some more case vignettes -- Connecting with people and the shift towards suicide mitigation -- Working on the phone with the suicidal person -- Blaming those who take their lives -- International solution focused applications to suicide prevention -- Zero suicides : should this be our goal? -- Where do we go from here? -- Appendix 1 flow diagram for an episode of treatment -- Appendix 2: specialist solution focused training workshops -- References -- Index.

New edition of an acclaimed manual which uses the solution focused approach to take an empathetic and validating approach to working with individuals considering suicide.
Offers invaluable guidance for suicide prevention by showing “what works” in treating those struggling with suicidal thoughts
Provides straightforward ways to deal frankly with the subject of suicide, along with a range of tools and techniques that are helpful to clients
Includes actual dialogue between practitioners and clients to allow readers to gain a better understanding of how to work with suicidal clients
Compares and contrasts a ground-breaking approach to suicide prevention with more traditional approaches to risk assessment and management
Features numerous updates and revisions along with brand new sections dealing with the international landscape, blaming the suicided person, Dr Alys Cole-King’s ‘Connecting with People’, and telephone work with the suicidal, Human Givens Therapy, and zero suicide

9781119162964 (cloth) 9781119162926 9781119162957 (pbk.)

2016038691


Suicide--Prevention.
Suicide--prevention & control--Handbooks.


Electronic books.

HV6545 / .H373 2017

362.28/7