Seattle Area & OnlineSuicide Intervention
Skills Training
Click here for information about Paul Brasler
Even after years of schooling, clinical work, and supervision, treating suicidal clients can feel overwhelming — and to be honest, downright scary.
There isn't any room for error in cases like these and you want to be sure you're doing the right things for your clients, including avoiding unnecessary hospitalization.
It's time to leave uncertainty by the wayside and let Paul Brasler, LCSW, CAIMHP take the guesswork out of treating suicidality. Drawing from Paul's 20+ years of clinical experience, his multi-modality approach will give you the fortitude and tools you need to take on even the most challenging cases — in as little as just one training session.
You'll get:
- The best treatment techniques from CBT, DBT, and CAMS
- Assurance in establishing safe practices and limiting liability
- Powerful screening and assessment tools that emphasize connection and setting
- Strategies for working with children, veterans, first responders and more
No matter where you're at in your journey as a clinician, you deserve to feel cool, calm, and confident when these tough cases land at your door.
This is your chance to set yourself apart from the status quo of suicidality treatment and give your clients your very best, even when they feel at their very worst.
You deserve to feel ready for these cases.
All formats include CE hours, the free book, and 90-day replay. Choose what works for you.
| Live In-Person 12/7/26 — Lynnwood, WA 8–4p Pacific · Hilton Garden Inn, 3801 Alderwood Mall Blvd | $269.99 Register → |
| Live In-Person 12/8/26 — Tacoma, WA 8–4p Pacific · Hotel Murano, 1320 Broadway Plaza | $269.99 Register → |
| Live Online Webcast 12/8/26 — Live Online 8–4p Pacific · Live Q&A with Paul | $269.99 Register → |
| On Demand On-Demand — Available Now Unlimited Access · Watch Anytime | $269.99 Start Now → |
What You'll Learn
A comprehensive, evidence-based agenda — from foundational definitions to advanced clinical interventions.
- --Language and stigma of suicide
- --Myths of suicide
- --Theoretical basis of suicide
- --Establishing safe practices
- --Informed consent to treatment
- --Death of a patient by suicide
- --Clients who conceal suicidal ideation
- --Suicide risk factors
- --Protective factors
- --Warning signs
- --Ideation-to-action theories
- --Intent, planning & methods
- --Means safety
- --Non-suicidal self-injury
- --Screening and assessment tools
- --Psychiatric hospitalization guidance
- --Why no-harm contracts fail
- --Safety planning
- --CAMS framework
- --Brief CBT for suicide prevention
- --Dialectical behavior therapy
- --Psychopharmacology of treatment
- --Children and adolescents
- --Military, veterans & first responders
- --Older adults
- --Client's right to self-determination
- --Managing liability
- --Risks, limitations & further research
- 1 Evaluate the myths, language, and stigma surrounding suicide to inform clinical treatment interventions.
- 2 Analyze risk and protective factors associated with suicide to enhance treatment outcomes.
- 3 Use screening and assessment tools to guide clinical decision-making.
- 4 Utilize collaborative safety planning and crisis interventions, including CAMS, to reduce suicidal behaviors.
- 5 Choose dialectical behavior therapy strategies to treat suicidality.
- 6 Examine ethical and legal considerations, including informed consent and a client's right to self-determination, to reduce liability in clinical care.
Straight From Your Peers
Clinicians across specialties — from new practitioners to those with 50 years of experience — walked away with new skills.
Paul Brasler is a highly skilled and knowledgeable presenter, very responsive to questions and thoughtful in his answers. The case studies he shared made the content even more relevant and meaningful.
This was a long day and he held my attention. His interactions and way of sharing information was great.
After 50 years of practice, a good deal of the material was informative.
I will be increasingly comfortable dealing with people in a crisis involving suicide.
The program helped me identify questions I wouldn't have ordinarily asked.
Paul made the content relevant and meaningful through his case studies and thoughtful responses to some very challenging questions.
Respond to suicidality with clarity rather than panic.
The Clinician's Guide to Suicide Management moves beyond the traditional crisis response model to focus on risk management, therapeutic interventions, and alternatives to hospitalization. Filled with compelling client stories, ethical decision-making frameworks, and the latest evidence-based research — written for clinicians who want to do better than reflexively reaching for hospitalization.
Our job is to keep clients safe and serve as purveyors of hope. This book helps you do both.
Paul Brasler
Paul became a licensed clinical social worker in 2002. He is the coordinator for the Chesterfield County (Virginia) Employee Behavioral Health Program, providing clinical services to first responders and human services personnel.
His career spans adolescent residential treatment, community mental health, over a decade doing psychiatric crisis evaluations in an inner-city hospital emergency department, juvenile drug court, and private practice.
A national presenter through PESI since 2016, he has authored three books on suicide management, substance use disorder, and high-risk clients.
Click here for information about Paul Brasler
You deserve to feel ready for these cases.
All formats include CE hours, the free book, and 90-day replay. Choose what works for you.
| Live In-Person 12/7/26 — Lynnwood, WA 8am–4p Pacific · Hilton Garden Inn | $269.99 Register → |
| Live In-Person 12/8/26 — Tacoma, WA 8am–4p Pacific · Hotel Murano | $269.99 Register → |
| Live Online Webcast 12/8/26 — Live Online 8am–4p Pacific · Live Q&A with Paul | $269.99 Register → |
| On Demand On-Demand — Available Now Unlimited Access · Watch Anytime | $269.99 Start Now → |
Frequently Asked Questions
The full-day training runs 8:00am to 4:00pm Pacific with built-in breaks throughout the day. The schedule includes a morning break of approximately 15 minutes, lunch from 11:50am to 1:00pm, and an afternoon break of approximately 15 minutes. The same schedule applies to both in-person and live online attendees.
It depends on how you attend. Live in-person attendees (Lynnwood or Tacoma) will pick up their copy of The Clinician's Guide to Suicide Management at the event — no shipping required. Live online and on-demand registrants will have the book shipped directly to them. You'll be asked for your shipping address during registration.
Lynnwood, WA — Monday, December 7, 2026
Hilton Garden Inn
3801 Alderwood Mall Blvd, Lynnwood, WA
8:00am – 4:00pm Pacific
Tacoma, WA — Tuesday, December 8, 2026
Hotel Murano
1320 Broadway Plaza, Tacoma, WA 98402
8:00am – 4:00pm Pacific
This program has been designed for Mental Health Counselors, and is also appropriate for:
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Clinical Social Workers
- Substance Use Treatment Providers
- Case Managers
- Psychologists
- Psychiatrists
- Pharmacists
- Medical Physicians
- Physician Assistants
- Nurse Practitioners
- Registered Nurses
- Probation/Parole Officers
- Police Officers
- Paramedics & First Responders
- Clergy & Chaplains
- Teachers & School Administrators
Yes. The live online webcast on December 8 runs simultaneously with the Tacoma in-person event and includes a live Q&A with Paul. You can participate from any device with an internet connection. All registrants — regardless of format — also receive 90-day replay access, so you can revisit the content at any time.
Train Together. Grow Together. Serve Better.
When your whole team speaks the same clinical language, everything changes — from how you triage crisis calls to how you debrief after a difficult case. Group training builds shared frameworks, reduces liability, and creates a culture of confident, consistent care.
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