This workshop will provide strategies that therapists can use with adults and young people to manage risk safely and effectively, through presentation and individual exercises.听

Your booking includes:

  • 3 hours of CPD presentations including听3 modules presented by Katherine Caffrey discussing our own beliefs around suicide and self-harm, raising awareness of the law, risk assessment, the when and how of breaking confidentiality, safety plans, self-awareness and self-care.听
  • opportunities for networking听with other members using live chat
  • dedicated live Q&A sessions after each module where you have the chance to ask any questions from each module
  • an on-demand service so you can catch up on the modules and Q&A sessions. View the content an unlimited number of times, 24 hours a day for 4 weeks
  • a听CPD certificate听download
  • selected听presentation slides

About the presenter听

Katherine Caffrey is an experienced counsellor and clinical supervisor with special interests in children and young people, neurodivergence and working with risk. She has worked in a range of settings and now has a busy private practice where she supervises a number of therapists and supports clients with a range of presentations often including suicidal ideation and self-harm. She provides training for well-being, working with suicide and risk, and specialised training for counsellors who want to work with children.鈥�She has worked with the 麻豆原创 on this PDD for several years and has also recently worked to update some of the Good Practice in Action resources. Currently she is also working with the Open University to provide a module on working with risk in therapy.

The main aims of the PDD are to:

  • understand our own experience and beliefs around suicide and self-harm and raise awareness of the law, and the facts and figures around suicide听
  • understand risk assessment strategies 鈥� the importance of asking the right questions in the right way听
  • breaking confidentiality 鈥� be more confident in when and how听
  • safety plans: look at the benefits and potential pitfalls of safety planning听
  • self-care of the therapist when working with risk听

Who is this event for?

All counsellors and psychotherapists鈥痺ho are currently working with clients who may present with suicidal ideation or self-harm. This course is about practical ways of working with this client group and looking after both the client and therapist.听

By the end of the PDD, participants will be able to:听

  • work more confidently with different forms of risk听
  • be more confident in assessing risk听
  • know how and when to break confidentiality when a client is at risk听
  • understand how and when to create a safety plan with a client听
  • recognise the need for self-care of the therapist听

Programme

This workshop is split into three sessions, each followed by a live Q&A session with Kath Caffrey. The first session will begin at 09:30am and the event will finish at 1:00pm, please click the link below to view the programme.

Please click here to view the programme

Key information

Dates and location

Join us online on Friday 13 June 2025听from 9.30am until 1pm.

Also, included in your booking, catch up on the recordings from the event until 11.30pm, Friday 11 July 2025.

Booking

Book your place online. After booking, you'll receive information via email on how to join the live event the day before.