This workshop is intended for community and primary care nurses who work with people experiencing suicidal thinking and suicidal crisis. It will also be of interest to other community and primary care professional groups where they have responsibility to provide support and assessment, and an interest in relational approaches to care, in the context of suicidal thinking and suicidal crisis.
Intended outcomes for the day:
· Enable open dialogue about the nature of suicide
· Improve understanding of psychodynamic concepts that help make sense of suicidality
· Encourage relational engagement with those who are suicidal
· Enhance understanding of the impact of suicide on the bereaved, and on professionals and systems.
We will be joined by: Dr Rachel Gibbons, who has worked as a consultant in the NHS, privately, and in national leadership roles. She has been researching the nature of suicide and suicide bereavement for over 16 years. Rachel is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and group analyst; and Dr Adam Burley, consultant clinical psychologist and currently professional lead for NHS Lothian’s specialist trauma service. He has a particular interest in health inequalities, exclusion dynamics, and the psychology of adversity.
Relational approaches to care offer a clinically focused, highly accessible way for practitioners to make sense of their own emotional experiences at work, as well as deepening their understanding of the emotional experiences of others: people seeking care, colleagues, managers, and even the emotional life of organisations. The Scottish Government’s recent Mental Health Nurse Review highlights the importance of a deep understanding of relationship-oriented approaches when responding to mental distress and human suffering. Moreover, these ways of thinking and working have been shown to help increase practitioners’ compassion, professional optimism and confidence, and to reduce frustration and burnout.
Additional information
The day will start at 9.30am and finish at 4pm. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
This event provides 6 hours of CPD, which supports professional revalidation.
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Event partner
QNIS is working with Suicide Prevention Scotland, Scotland’s national suicide prevention delivery collective, to bring you this event.
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