Assessment and Treatment of Suicidality
A Psychological Approach Introduction to the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) model
Facilitated by SouthWest Counselling Centre, Killarney, Co. Kerry
Date: October 11th, 9.15 am – 4.30 pm. Venue: Brehon Hotel, Killarney, Co. Kerry
Presented by Dr. Eoin Gallavan Cost: €120 CPD: 6 hours
To book a place – please email info@southwestcounselling.ie or phone (064) 66 36416
The CAMS model is an evidence-based, pragmatic, treatment framework that encourages us to collaboratively identify the key drivers of an individual’s suicidality. It then actively encourages targeting those drivers while stabilisation and safety planning are utilised to maintain involvement in treatment. The CAMS has been rigorously trialed and researched over 30 years and is one of only a small number of interventions with replicated RCT evidence supporting effectiveness with suicidality as an outcome variable.
By the end of the workshop participants will:
- Be familiar with psychological theories of suicide and suicidal behaviour (i.e. Prof Thomas Joiner, Prof Edwin Schneidman, Prof Israel Orbach, and Prof David Jobes)
- Have an introduction to and practiced the CAMS model
- Be able to identify suicidal risk early in the clinical engagement and use the Suicide Status Form (SSF) to collaboratively assess suicidal risk
- Develop SSF-based suicide-specific outpatient treatment plans that emphasize the development of a stabilization plan and the identification of suicidal ‘drivers’ as a focus of treatment
- Clinically track, assess and treat drivers with problem-focused interventions
- Be able to prepare a stabilisation or crisis response plan
- Reviewed relevant research pertaining to outcome effectiveness and risk assessment
All materials will be provided on the day including relevant articles, SSF forms, handouts, and references. The workshop uses a variety of learning formats including teaching, audio-visual, demonstration, practice and discussion.
Dr. Eoin Galavan
| Eoin Galavan, BA Psych, MA Coun. Psych., D.Clin.Psych., PG Cert DBT, Reg. Clin. Psychol. PSI. Dr. Eoin Galavan is a Senior Clinical and Counselling Psychologist in the HSE, North Dublin Adult Mental Health Services. He is currently the Clinical Lead for the North Dublin Suicide Assessment and Treatment Service (SATS), and former team leader for the Evolve Dialectical Behaviour Therapy program, both of which are dedicated to treating suicidality and self-harm within the public mental health services. Eoin works with suicidal individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds on a daily basis. Eoin is a highly experienced clinician in utilising the CAMS (Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicide) model. He is a Senior CAMS-care consultant and has trained hundreds of mental health professionals, counsellors, psychotherapists and volunteers in working with suicidal individuals. He has overseen the rollout of the CAMS model in mental health services, and supervised research examining the outcomes of these services. Eoin is the chair for the recently established Special Interest Group in Suicide and Self Harming Behaviour for the Psychological Society of Ireland. Eoin also maintains a private practice where he works with suicidal people of all ages and the parents of suicidal young people. Eoin frequently delivers public talks, national and international conference presentations and contributes to the media on the topic of suicide, as well as authoring articles on the topic. Eoin is currently a Clinical Tutor, Senior Supervising Psychologist, and Lecturer in the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training Program in Trinity College Dublin |
INTERNET PORNOGRAPHY – ‘INFLUENCING AND SHAPING SEXUALITY TODAY?’
The physical, mental and social impact of internet pornography
Training Course/Workshop
Date: October 25th, 2019
Time: 09:15-16:30 Venue: Brehon Hotel, Killarney, Co. Kerry
Audience – Psychotherapists, Counsellors, GPs, Teachers (RSE and SPHE), Guidance Counsellors, Youth workers, Practice nurses, Psychiatrists, Psychologists.
Cost: €120 CPD: 6 Hours
To book a place – please email info@southwestcounselling.ie or phone (064) 66 36416
Payment is required to secure your place. Early booking is advisable as places are limited
Overuse of internet pornography is fast emerging as a compulsive sexual behaviour disorder. This corresponds to the greater use of smartphones and easy access to streaming video in the past 10 years. A wide range of mental and physical health issues has ensued.
For instance, a staggering increase in erectile dysfunction in younger men, widespread evidence of lower sexual satisfaction in men and women, and more social anxiety and body dysmorphia in adolescents, all appear to be related to this cultural phenomenon.
Healthcare practitioners need to be aware of the evidence that supports the addiction model along with effective treatment options and remedies that enhance recovery including effective social prescribing. The workshop is also valuable for all professionals who encounter people who are facing difficulties arising from their pornography use.
This interactive one-day workshop, accredited by the Royal College of General Practitioners, will provide an introduction to addiction neuroscience in general and internet pornography use in particular, based on the latest research. It will look at different types of physical health and mental health conditions related to porn use emerging from the research. We will encourage reflective discussion among practitioners about best practice, possible improvements, and signpost recovery options.
Q&A throughout.
Presenters
Mary Sharpe, Advocate is founder and CEO of educational charity The Reward Foundation – Love, Sex and the Internet. She has been presenting on the impacts of internet pornography to professionals in healthcare, criminal justice and education and to schools for the past 6 years. Mary is a board member of the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health in the U
SA and is a Research Associate at the Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice in Scotland.
Darryl Mead PhD is an internet expert and pornography industry researcher with an interest in the impact of pornography use on behaviour among adolescents and adults. He is developing innovative policy responses to the health challenges created by the widespread adoption of pornography viewing as a phenomenon of mass entertainment.
