This training will provide clinicians with strategies and supports for managing two interconnected high-risk challenges of suicide and substance use, including strategies for managing our own reactions to this work. The relationship between substance us and suicide is complex and challenging. This has been compounded in recent years with the opiate crisis, with the continual risk of overdose. This training aims to make connections between suicide and substance use, and provide clinicians with actionable ways to talk about these two complex subjects in ways that encourage hope and recovery, paired with harm reduction interventions to keep individuals who are using safe. Secondary trauma and preventing provider burnout from working with these high-risk issues will also be addressed. Following this training the participants will understand:1. The relationship between substance use and suicide, including the risk of overdose with passive suicidality.2. Identify strategies to address suicide and substance use with a shared language and interventions.3. Recognize the signs of vicarious trauma and provider burnout that can result from working with high-risk issues, and have 1-2 strategies for combatting that stress.

Hosted by The Bridge Training Institute online for 3 CEs. For more info, visit The Bridge Training Institute's website.