At a LivingWorks safeTALK workshop, you’ll learn how to prevent suicide by recognizing signs, engaging someone, and connecting them to an intervention resource for further support.

A skilled, supportive trainer will guide you through the course, and a community resource will be on hand to support your safety and comfort.

Date: November 21st, 2024
Time: 9:00am – 1:00pm (EST)
Location: Harborview Mental Health Center – 7025 Harbour View Blvd, Suite 119, Suffolk, VA 23435
Trainers: Charlene Cutting and Angela Brown

Like all of LivingWorks’ core programs, LivingWorks safeTALK is evidence-based. Here’s what over 15 peer-reviewed reports and government studies on LivingWorks safeTALK found:

— Improves participant skills and readiness
— Safe for participants, with no adverse effects from training
— Effective for participants as young as 15 years old
— Helps break down suicide stigma in the community
— Better skill retention compared to other connector programs

LivingWorks safeTALK participants learn to recognize when someone is thinking about suicide and connect them to an intervention provider, such as an LivingWorks ASIST participants.

In this way, LivingWorks safeTALK participants build a safety network around these intervention providers and greatly increase their reach and impact.

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This 2-hour, virtual, ASAM training will cover an in-depth overview of the ASAM criteria and its application in the assessment and treatment of individuals with substance use disorders. The training will delve into the different dimensions of assessment outlined by ASAM, including the biological, psychological, and social factors that influence addiction.

The training will explore case studies and practical examples to illustrate the implementation of the ASAM criteria in real-world scenarios, providing participants with valuable insights and skills that they can apply in their professional practice.

Date: November 25th, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Trainer: Brittany Johnson LPC, LSATP

Brittany Johnson is a highly experienced psychotherapist (LPC) and Licensed Substance Abuse Treatment Provider (LSATP). She is deeply passionate about engaging clinicians in better understanding recovery and providing support to individuals dealing with substance use.

Brittany strongly believes in the benefit of the ASAM model as a comprehensive framework for assessing and treating individuals with substance use disorders. She is committed to educating others about the value of this model.

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At a LivingWorks safeTALK workshop, you’ll learn how to prevent suicide by recognizing signs, engaging someone, and connecting them to an intervention resource for further support.

A skilled, supportive trainer will guide you through the course, and a community resource will be on hand to support your safety and comfort.

Date: December 11th, 2024
Time: 9:00am – 1:00pm (EST)
Location: Harborview Mental Health Center – 7025 Harbour View Blvd, Suite 119, Suffolk, VA 23435
Trainers: Caitlyn Shieler and Brian Van der Linden

Like all of LivingWorks’ core programs, LivingWorks safeTALK is evidence-based. Here’s what over 15 peer-reviewed reports and government studies on LivingWorks safeTALK found:

— Improves participant skills and readiness
— Safe for participants, with no adverse effects from training
— Effective for participants as young as 15 years old
— Helps break down suicide stigma in the community
— Better skill retention compared to other connector programs

LivingWorks safeTALK participants learn to recognize when someone is thinking about suicide and connect them to an intervention provider, such as an LivingWorks ASIST participants.

In this way, LivingWorks safeTALK participants build a safety network around these intervention providers and greatly increase their reach and impact.

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This 4-hour virtual workshop will provide an introductory overview to the foundations of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for psychosis (CBTp).

It will provide an introduction to CBT, explore how this approach is applied to working with individuals with both long-standing and early psychosis, and introduce key CBTp skills.

Date: December 12th, 2024 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Presenter: Jen Gottlieb, Ph.D.

Jen Gottlieb, Ph.D. is a Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Consultant, Supervisor, and Trainer with particular expertise in CBT for Psychosis (CBTp), First-Episode Psychosis, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in people with severe psychiatric conditions, and other empirically-supported interventions for schizophrenia and other psychoses –as well as in training in the provision of CBT-based clinical supervision. She is a licensed psychologist and a Diplomate within the Academy of Cognitive Therapy.

A member of the Cambridge Health Alliance faculty, Dr. Gottlieb is the Evidence-Based Psychosocial Initiatives Specialist within the Division of Population Behavioral Health Innovation in the Department of Psychiatry, and a Teaching Associate at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Gottlieb also provides training and consultation to study abroad agencies/universities and their staff to better manage student mental health challenges and build staff confidence in supporting students in their study abroad experience.

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The purpose of this training is to provide an overview concerning the treatment of eating disorders. The focus is to provide education on how to identify and assess for eating disorders, beginning, basic treatment strategies, and appropriate treatment referrals.

Learning Objectives

· Be able to understand and debunk at least 3 misconceptions associated with eating disorder presentation
· Understand multicultural and sociocultural issues related to eating disorder presentation and treatment
· Understand eating disorder assessment techniques
· Increased knowledge on the interdisciplinary treatment approach to eating disorders and making appropriate referrals.

Date: December 16th
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Trainer: Bridget Smith

Bridget Smith is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Certified Mental Performance Consultant, who received her PsyD in clinical psychology from James Madison University and her master’s in Sport and Performance Psychology from the University of Denver.

In her role at VCU she provides individual psychological counseling and sport performance sessions, programming and outreach, and consultation services to teams and athletics staff.

Prior to VCU she completed both her clinical internship and post-doctoral residency at the James Madison University Counseling Center before joining as a senior staff psychologist where she specialized in trauma, eating and body image concerns, and student athlete mental health. During her tenure at JMU she played a role in establishing the integrated healthcare team within the athletics department to better meet the need of student-athletes. Additionally, she has also worked as a licensed provider at an eating disorder outpatient clinic in Philadelphia, and during graduate school worked at a higher level of care eating disorder treatment center as house counselor offering support after programming hours for residents.

As a clinician, she is committed to honoring an individual’s lived experience and cultivating change through warmth, humor, and fostering a sense of empowerment.

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What are adverse childhood experiences?

Adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, are potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood (0-17 years). For example: experiencing violence, abuse, or neglect, witnessing violence in the home or community, having a family member attempt or die by suicide.

Also included are aspects of the child’s environment that can undermine their sense of safety, stability, and bonding, such as growing up in a household with: substance use problems, mental health problems, instability due to parental separation or household members being in jail or prison.

Join us for an in-depth discussion as we talk about ways to combat Adverse Childhood Experiences.

Date: December 17, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM (EST)
Location: Online via Zoom
Presented by: Charlene Cutting

This training will:

— Help you to understand what Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are; plus, the impact and consequences they have on individuals and communities.
— Recognize the symptoms and behaviors of toxic stress.
— Learn strategies that build resilience in trauma-impacted individuals.
— What are adverse childhood experiences?

How big is the problem?

ACEs are common. About 61% of adults surveyed across 25 states reported they had experienced at least one type of ACE before age 18, and nearly 1 in 6 reported they had experienced four or more types of ACEs.

Preventing ACEs could potentially reduce many health conditions. For example, by preventing ACEs, up to 1.9 million heart disease cases and 21 million depression cases could have been potentially avoided.

Some children are at greater risk than others. Women and several racial/ethnic minority groups were at greater risk for experiencing four or more types of ACEs.

ACEs are costly. The economic and social costs to families, communities, and society totals hundreds of billions of dollars each year. A 10% reduction in ACEs in North America could equate to an annual savings of $56 billion.

What are the consequences?

ACEs can have lasting, negative effects on health, well-being, as well as life opportunities such as education and job potential. These experiences can increase the risks of injury, sexually transmitted infections, maternal and child health problems (including teen pregnancy, pregnancy complications, and fetal death), involvement in sex trafficking, and a wide range of chronic diseases and leading causes of death such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and suicide.

ACEs and associated social determinants of health, such as living in under-resourced or racially segregated neighborhoods, frequently moving, and experiencing food insecurity, can cause toxic stress (extended or prolonged stress). Toxic stress from ACEs can negatively affect children’s brain development, immune systems, and stress-response systems. These changes can affect children’s attention, decision-making, and learning.

Children growing up with toxic stress may have difficulty forming healthy and stable relationships. They may also have unstable work histories as adults and struggle with finances, jobs, and depression throughout life. These effects can also be passed on to their own children. Some children may face further exposure to toxic stress from historical and ongoing traumas due to systemic racism or the impacts of poverty resulting from limited educational and economic opportunities.

Register Here

At a LivingWorks safeTALK workshop, you’ll learn how to prevent suicide by recognizing signs, engaging someone, and connecting them to an intervention resource for further support.

A skilled, supportive trainer will guide you through the course, and a community resource will be on hand to support your safety and comfort.

Date: January 28th, 2025
Time: 9:00am – 1:00pm (EST)
Location: Harborview Mental Health Center – 7025 Harbour View Blvd, Suite 119, Suffolk, VA 23435
Trainers: Angela Brown and Caitlyn Shieler

Like all of LivingWorks’ core programs, LivingWorks safeTALK is evidence-based. Here’s what over 15 peer-reviewed reports and government studies on LivingWorks safeTALK found:

— Improves participant skills and readiness
— Safe for participants, with no adverse effects from training
— Effective for participants as young as 15 years old
— Helps break down suicide stigma in the community
— Better skill retention compared to other connector programs

LivingWorks safeTALK participants learn to recognize when someone is thinking about suicide and connect them to an intervention provider, such as an LivingWorks ASIST participants.

In this way, LivingWorks safeTALK participants build a safety network around these intervention providers and greatly increase their reach and impact.

Register Here

What are adverse childhood experiences?

Adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, are potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood (0-17 years). For example: experiencing violence, abuse, or neglect, witnessing violence in the home or community, having a family member attempt or die by suicide.

Also included are aspects of the child’s environment that can undermine their sense of safety, stability, and bonding, such as growing up in a household with: substance use problems, mental health problems, instability due to parental separation or household members being in jail or prison.

Join us for an in-depth discussion as we talk about ways to combat Adverse Childhood Experiences.

Date: February 12, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM (EST)
Location: Online via Zoom
Presented by: Karin Duncan

This training will:

— Help you to understand what Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are; plus, the impact and consequences they have on individuals and communities.
— Recognize the symptoms and behaviors of toxic stress.
— Learn strategies that build resilience in trauma-impacted individuals.
— What are adverse childhood experiences?

How big is the problem?

ACEs are common. About 61% of adults surveyed across 25 states reported they had experienced at least one type of ACE before age 18, and nearly 1 in 6 reported they had experienced four or more types of ACEs.

Preventing ACEs could potentially reduce many health conditions. For example, by preventing ACEs, up to 1.9 million heart disease cases and 21 million depression cases could have been potentially avoided.

Some children are at greater risk than others. Women and several racial/ethnic minority groups were at greater risk for experiencing four or more types of ACEs.

ACEs are costly. The economic and social costs to families, communities, and society totals hundreds of billions of dollars each year. A 10% reduction in ACEs in North America could equate to an annual savings of $56 billion.

What are the consequences?

ACEs can have lasting, negative effects on health, well-being, as well as life opportunities such as education and job potential. These experiences can increase the risks of injury, sexually transmitted infections, maternal and child health problems (including teen pregnancy, pregnancy complications, and fetal death), involvement in sex trafficking, and a wide range of chronic diseases and leading causes of death such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and suicide.

ACEs and associated social determinants of health, such as living in under-resourced or racially segregated neighborhoods, frequently moving, and experiencing food insecurity, can cause toxic stress (extended or prolonged stress). Toxic stress from ACEs can negatively affect children’s brain development, immune systems, and stress-response systems. These changes can affect children’s attention, decision-making, and learning.

Children growing up with toxic stress may have difficulty forming healthy and stable relationships. They may also have unstable work histories as adults and struggle with finances, jobs, and depression throughout life. These effects can also be passed on to their own children. Some children may face further exposure to toxic stress from historical and ongoing traumas due to systemic racism or the impacts of poverty resulting from limited educational and economic opportunities.

Register Here

At a LivingWorks safeTALK workshop, you’ll learn how to prevent suicide by recognizing signs, engaging someone, and connecting them to an intervention resource for further support.

A skilled, supportive trainer will guide you through the course, and a community resource will be on hand to support your safety and comfort.

Date: February 26th, 2025
Time: 9:00am – 1:00pm (EST)
Location: Harborview Mental Health Center – 7025 Harbour View Blvd, Suite 119, Suffolk, VA 23435
Trainers: Caitlyn Shieler and Karin Duncan

Like all of LivingWorks’ core programs, LivingWorks safeTALK is evidence-based. Here’s what over 15 peer-reviewed reports and government studies on LivingWorks safeTALK found:

— Improves participant skills and readiness
— Safe for participants, with no adverse effects from training
— Effective for participants as young as 15 years old
— Helps break down suicide stigma in the community
— Better skill retention compared to other connector programs

LivingWorks safeTALK participants learn to recognize when someone is thinking about suicide and connect them to an intervention provider, such as an LivingWorks ASIST participants.

In this way, LivingWorks safeTALK participants build a safety network around these intervention providers and greatly increase their reach and impact.

Register Here

At a LivingWorks safeTALK workshop, you’ll learn how to prevent suicide by recognizing signs, engaging someone, and connecting them to an intervention resource for further support.

A skilled, supportive trainer will guide you through the course, and a community resource will be on hand to support your safety and comfort.

Date: March 27th, 2025
Time: 9:00am – 1:00pm (EST)
Location: Harborview Mental Health Center – 7025 Harbour View Blvd, Suite 119, Suffolk, VA 23435
Trainers: Charlene Cutting and Angela Brown

Like all of LivingWorks’ core programs, LivingWorks safeTALK is evidence-based. Here’s what over 15 peer-reviewed reports and government studies on LivingWorks safeTALK found:

— Improves participant skills and readiness
— Safe for participants, with no adverse effects from training
— Effective for participants as young as 15 years old
— Helps break down suicide stigma in the community
— Better skill retention compared to other connector programs

LivingWorks safeTALK participants learn to recognize when someone is thinking about suicide and connect them to an intervention provider, such as an LivingWorks ASIST participants.

In this way, LivingWorks safeTALK participants build a safety network around these intervention providers and greatly increase their reach and impact.

Register Here

What are adverse childhood experiences?

Adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, are potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood (0-17 years). For example: experiencing violence, abuse, or neglect, witnessing violence in the home or community, having a family member attempt or die by suicide.

Also included are aspects of the child’s environment that can undermine their sense of safety, stability, and bonding, such as growing up in a household with: substance use problems, mental health problems, instability due to parental separation or household members being in jail or prison.

Join us for an in-depth discussion as we talk about ways to combat Adverse Childhood Experiences.

Date: April 8th, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM (EST)
Location: Online via Zoom
Presented by: Angela Brown

This training will:

— Help you to understand what Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are; plus, the impact and consequences they have on individuals and communities.
— Recognize the symptoms and behaviors of toxic stress.
— Learn strategies that build resilience in trauma-impacted individuals.
— What are adverse childhood experiences?

How big is the problem?

ACEs are common. About 61% of adults surveyed across 25 states reported they had experienced at least one type of ACE before age 18, and nearly 1 in 6 reported they had experienced four or more types of ACEs.

Preventing ACEs could potentially reduce many health conditions. For example, by preventing ACEs, up to 1.9 million heart disease cases and 21 million depression cases could have been potentially avoided.

Some children are at greater risk than others. Women and several racial/ethnic minority groups were at greater risk for experiencing four or more types of ACEs.

ACEs are costly. The economic and social costs to families, communities, and society totals hundreds of billions of dollars each year. A 10% reduction in ACEs in North America could equate to an annual savings of $56 billion.

What are the consequences?

ACEs can have lasting, negative effects on health, well-being, as well as life opportunities such as education and job potential. These experiences can increase the risks of injury, sexually transmitted infections, maternal and child health problems (including teen pregnancy, pregnancy complications, and fetal death), involvement in sex trafficking, and a wide range of chronic diseases and leading causes of death such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and suicide.

ACEs and associated social determinants of health, such as living in under-resourced or racially segregated neighborhoods, frequently moving, and experiencing food insecurity, can cause toxic stress (extended or prolonged stress). Toxic stress from ACEs can negatively affect children’s brain development, immune systems, and stress-response systems. These changes can affect children’s attention, decision-making, and learning.

Children growing up with toxic stress may have difficulty forming healthy and stable relationships. They may also have unstable work histories as adults and struggle with finances, jobs, and depression throughout life. These effects can also be passed on to their own children. Some children may face further exposure to toxic stress from historical and ongoing traumas due to systemic racism or the impacts of poverty resulting from limited educational and economic opportunities.

Register Here

At a LivingWorks safeTALK workshop, you’ll learn how to prevent suicide by recognizing signs, engaging someone, and connecting them to an intervention resource for further support.

A skilled, supportive trainer will guide you through the course, and a community resource will be on hand to support your safety and comfort.

Date: April 29th, 2025
Time: 9:00am – 1:00pm (EST)
Location: Harborview Mental Health Center – 7025 Harbour View Blvd, Suite 119, Suffolk, VA 23435
Trainers: Caitlyn Shieler and Brian Van der Linden

Like all of LivingWorks’ core programs, LivingWorks safeTALK is evidence-based. Here’s what over 15 peer-reviewed reports and government studies on LivingWorks safeTALK found:

— Improves participant skills and readiness
— Safe for participants, with no adverse effects from training
— Effective for participants as young as 15 years old
— Helps break down suicide stigma in the community
— Better skill retention compared to other connector programs

LivingWorks safeTALK participants learn to recognize when someone is thinking about suicide and connect them to an intervention provider, such as an LivingWorks ASIST participants.

In this way, LivingWorks safeTALK participants build a safety network around these intervention providers and greatly increase their reach and impact.

Register Here