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We will be hosting Walking the Tightrope: Best Practices and Ethics for Treating Suicidal Patients this Friday, March 18th from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. MST via Zoom for 2.0 CEU hour Ethics OR Suicide (UPA, NASW-UT, UAMFT, UMHCA).

This presentation will review differences in treating acutely suicidal vs chronically suicidal patients.

This lecture will review the latest literature on crisis focused interventions, brief risk-reduction interventions and interventions that reduce suicidal behavior over the course of several months to a year.

Further we will review relevant ethics codes and practices that should guide the treatment of suicidal behavior. 

About the presenter:

Presented by Jordan Kugler, Ph.D., licensed clinical psychologist. Dr. Kugler has completed intensive training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) through the Linehan Institute and now specializes in DBT and trauma-focused interventions for the DBT Program at the Utah Center for Evidence Based Treatment (UCEBT).