CPD Event title: Dealing with Self-Harm and Suicide
Brief Description Of Event:
This CPD builds understanding of self-harm, its causes, and suicide, explaining suicidal states, appropriate responses, and applying effective solution-focused approaches to support clients.
Self-harm and suicide are often subjects not discussed or there are misunderstandings of how to help. After this CPD you will be able to confidently discuss the role of stress in impacting our mental health and how self-harm can develop whilst experiencing stress and anxiety. Break the taboo of these conditions which can become hidden, along with dealing confidently with clients who are experiencing suicidal tendencies and how we can use SFH to support our clients.
You will be able to use this information to explain how our techniques work with both clients and other healthcare professionals, signposting other practitioners when required from a place of confidence.
Course Content
- What is Self Harm
- History of self harm
- Types of self harm
- Self harm myths
- The self harm cycle
- Why do people self harm
- The role of social media and self harm
- Grey areas of self harm – When is – self harm something else?
- Self harm as an addiction
- Self harm and suicidal thoughts
- How to help a client who is having – suicidal thoughts or is suicidal
- How to help a client who self harms
- What part does the primitive brain play with self harm and suicide
- How to adapt the Initial Consultation
- Solution focused questions to ask
- Passing on concerns to other health professionals
- Signposting
Date of event: Jul 04, 2026
Duration of Event: 1 day, 10.00am – 5.00pm
Venue for event: Online
Name of trainer: Dawn Ibbeston
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Website: https://www.cpht.co.uk/events/42-dealing-with-self-harm-and-suicide/
Maximum number of participants: 25
Cost of Course: £105
Cost for NCH members: £94.50
How to claim discount: Members should email coordinator@hypnotherapists.org.uk for discount code
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About your tutor
Dawn graduated from CPHT in 2020, after previously having a successful career in the corporate sector. Spending 20 years in leadership and senior roles within IT and finance globally, and being in highly pressured and stressful roles led to burn out and a suicide attempt. After recovering and retraining she now specialises in anxiety, overwhelm and burn out.
Dawn is a senior lecturer for CPHT Essex and Norwich, and a qualified supervisor. Whilst running her busy practice she also provides mental health and resilience talks and workshops to companies, drawing on her extensive corporate experience to promote well-being in professional settings.
Additional Information
Counts as 7 hours CPD.
This CPD is for Solution Focused Hypnotherapists, graduates of CPHT.