Preventing Suicide Using Motivational Interviewing: Skills to Promote Confidence & Hope

DESCRIPTION
Suicide is a global phenomenon and occurs throughout the lifespan. Close to 800,000 people die due to suicide every year, which is one person every 40 seconds. MI was originally developed to help patients who were ambivalent about their hazardous substance use identify and explore their motivation and readiness to change. One of the reasons MI may be an ideal intervention for this problem is that most people who think about suicide are ambivalent, having both reasons to consider suicide and reasons to continue living.

TIME
April 10, 2020, 10:00 AM in Mountain Time (US and Canada)

WEBINAR SPEAKERS
Dr. Brad Lundahl (Chief Content Expert & Associate Professor @eSym & the University of Utah)

Brad Lundahl earned a PhD in Clinical Psychology and is an associate professor in the College of Social Work at the University of Utah. He is also Chief Content Expert of eSym, an online Motivational Interviewing training program (www.esympro.com). Dr. Lundahl is most interested in researching factors that motivate people to change individual behaviors. He has been trained in Motivational Interviewing by one this approach’s cofounders, Dr. Bill Miller and published a manuscript with the other cofounder, Dr. Stephen Rollnick. At the University, Dr. Lundahl publishes on evidence-based practices and teaches in areas of clinical practice and research. He has worked to integrate Motivational Interviewing practice into multiple state and private agencies around the country. Dr. Lundahl routinely consults on how healthcare professionals can integrate Motivational Interviewing into practice. In addition to University work, Brad also owns a private practice, Compass Counseling and Consulting.

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