Seminar John Henden

"Preventing Suicide: The Solution Focused Approach" presented by John Henden
Tuesday, 15th March 2016

This evening seminar is for therapists, counsellors and researchers wanting to know more about how lives are saved from a solution focused (SF) perspective. Some of the effective techniques and points covered during the evening will be:

• How we can tell whether someone is suicidal or not
• Sample questions to elicit suicidal ideation
• Being as effective as possible: 10 key points to cover
• Rapid rapport building
• Empathy and deep empathy
• Pre-session change and exception finding
• Sample questions for when suicidal ideation has been established
• The Miracle Question (Adapted) and Scaling
• Presuppositional language, generally; and presuppositional questions, specifically
• The power of compliments
• Worst case (graveside/crematorium) scenario
• Ending a session positively, constructively and assertively with a suicidal service user

John Henden has specialized in this area for over 20 years.  His internationally best-selling book on the subject is written in an easy-to-understand-and-apply style.  The book, Preventing Suicide: the Solution Focused Approach, is shortly to be translated into both Japanese and Russian, with current interest from Poland and Finland.

Suicide is a great problem worldwide and the SF approach has a track record in being highly effective and should, therefore, be adopted more widely. The evidence base for SF continues to grow (Franklin, et al, 2011; www.solutionsdoc.co.uk ) It is a tragedy that many approaches to suicide prevention do not deliver on prevention targets.

When: Tuesday 15th March, 2016, 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Where: Griffith University, Mt Gravatt Campus - PLEASE NOTE THE VENUE HAS CHANGED TO M15 3.13  refer campus map - https://www162.griffith.edu.au/public/campus-maps/visitor-parking-map-mtg.pdf ;  AND

Video conferencing at Gold Coast Campus, Building G34, Room 1.04 AND Building G23, Room 3.01 and Logan Campus, Building L08, Room 1.07.

This seminar has limited seating capacity, RSVP is essential.