Safety in Context: A Relational Approach to Risk Assessment and Crisis Planning
September 25, 2026
9:00 AM - 12:15 PM
3.0 CEUS
This training helps mental health professionals strengthen their skills in suicide and homicide risk assessment and safety planning. Participants will learn culturally responsive, evidence-based approaches for working with diverse populations and creating individualized safety plans across a variety of clinical settings.
About the Workshop
This training offers mental health service providers (social workers, counselors, marriage and family therapists, students, etc.) a deeper, more nuanced approach to suicide and homicide risk assessment and safety planning. Participants will learn to apply evidence-based assessment tools with greater cultural humility and clinical sensitivity. While this training is primarily grounded in an outpatient therapeutic context, we will address some of the distinct demands of brief crisis interactions, school-based contexts, and situations involving intimate partner violence, including critical considerations around firearm safety. Special attention is given to working with marginalized populations and individuals facing socioeconomic barriers, with an honest examination of how systemic oppression and institutional failures shape risk and safety. Participants will leave with practical strategies for engaging in meaningful conversations around safety and developing safety plans that honor each client's unique strengths, values, and lived experiences.
Location: Waybridge Counseling, Scottsdale Office 7137 East Rancho Vista Drive, Suite B11 Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Fee: $95
