Sitting with Client at the Edge
Strategies to Stay Grounded in Suicide Assessment and Safety Planning Practice 

Sophie Liljedahl, Ph.D., Psychologist

Live Online Workshop

Overview

Most therapists are familiar with the basics of assessment of suicidality in the context of their clinical practice. However, prevention work goes far beyond checklists. Sitting with a client in distress, naming thoughts of death and wishes for dying, validating emotional pain, while planting seeds of hope and cultivating willingness to try new strategies by co-creating a safety plan can be profoundly difficult and rewarding. Many clinicians feel unsure, anxious, and even scared in these moments. Even when they have a sense of what they “should” do, striking the right balance between acceptance and change can be a practice worth developing for greater ease and comfort. 

 

This one-day interactive workshop offers grounding, clarity, a suicide assessment and safety planning protocol, which results in increased confidence to meet the challenge of suicidal clients in private practice. You will learn how to implement a Safety-Planning-Type Interventions (SPTI) while staying emotionally present, attuned, and collaborative. These types of intervention have been shown by recent meta-analysis to reduce suicidal behaviors by 43%. 


Details

Date: March 24 and March 25, 2026

Time: 9:30AM – 1:00PM (Eastern Standard Time) 

Format: Live Online Workshop


Registration Rates

Early Bird Rate: $189 (+applicable taxes)

Regular Rate: $219 (+applicable taxes)


Student Rate: $149 (+applicable taxes)

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  • Student rates apply to individuals currently enrolled in an undergraduate, master’s, or doctoral program at a recognized post-secondary institution.

Refund Policy

Cancelling 7 days or more prior to the start of a live one or two day workshop, or webinar series:

  • Refund: Full refund will be processed, minus a $50 administrative fee

  or

  • Transfer: Full payment can be transferred to another upcoming workshop or training that we provide. Please email our training and workshop team at training@cpeh.ca to request a transfer.

 

Cancelling after 7 days prior to the start of a live one or two day workshop, or webinar series:

  • Refund: No refund
  • Transfers: Full payment can be transferred to another upcoming workshop or training that we provide. Please email our training and workshop team at training@cpeh.ca to request a transfer.



Sophie Liljedahl, Ph.D., Psychologist

Sophie I. Liljedahl is an Associate Professor in Psychiatry at the University of Gothenburg, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy. She serves as Lead, Clinical Research for both the National Medical Care Unit for Severe Self-Harm Behaviour (AVD369) and The Centre for Personality Disorders (MPS) in Gothenburg, Sweden. Sophie completed her undergraduate, doctorate and post-doctoral training in Ontario, Canada where she remains a licensed clinical psychologist.