[TRAINING] - Holding Space For Suicide Distress

About the training:

Explore a non-clinical approach to sitting with people in suicide distress, developed by people who have been there themselves.

Who this training is for:

This session provides an approach for community members, peer workers, family and friends - anyone in the community who wants to learn skills around more effectively supporting other people in distress who may be struggling with suicidal thoughts.

Themes covered:

This training is non-clinical and avoids potentially harmful risk assessment and referral strategies that are heavily leaned on in other approaches.

Holding Space for Suicide Distress is run by LELAN facilitators with a personal lived experience of suicide.

Structure of the training and facilitator:

This three-hour training is available free to people with an interest in this important topic. The session will be led by LELAN Alt2Su Peer Project Worker Dr Amy Wright and Peer Training Coordinator Emrys Temple-Heald,  and include an additional 15 minutes question and answer time at the close of the training.