KS NASW Members receive discount code contact bfast.naswks@socialworkers.org for code.
This virtual training meets KS BSRB CEU. It also meets MO licensure requirements for suicide assessment and treatment.
Presentation Title
“The Opposite of Suicide”
Learning objectives:
Participants of all identities and experiences will benefit personally and professionally:
1) Gaining increased understanding, comfort, and inspiration for their personal and professional experiences with suicide
2.Identifying how Social Work Values and Ethical Principles plus a Solution-Focus are essential for reducing USA’s high rates of suicide attempts and deaths
3. Gaining familiarity with a diverse range of USA-based resources for support, information, and training on reducing suicide risk and providing support for suicide grief
Speaker:
Marcia Epstein, LMSW
She/her/hers
Lawrence, Kansas,
Ms. Epstein brings decades of experience in the USA-and-beyond “suicide prevention” community. She is also a social worker who lives with suicide grief for family, and friends, including mental health professionals. Her areas of special expertise include reducing suicide risk, support for grief after suicide or death from other causes, and support for trans and nonbinary youth and adults. Ms. Epstein served as a volunteer counselor, then as Director for 34 years, of Headquarters Counseling Center, now known as KSPHQ, which serves Kansas on 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, formerly known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Since December 2013, her social work is with teens and adults, and she offers support groups, retreats, workshops, and special events. She also provides consultation and training. Her groups include Healing After Suicide Loss, for suicide grief; Stayin' Alive, for living with suicide thoughts, self-harm, and attempts; and Thriving Family-Friends, for supporting suicidal loved ones. Ms. Epstein is: a member of the leadership team of the international Coalition of Clinician Survivors (of Suicide Loss)Task Force; a founding member of the international community PAUSE, People Addressing and Understanding Suicide Experiences; a member of the Steering Committee of NAMI Douglas County, Kansas; and a member of the Thriving: Grief Support Team of The Light Center in Douglas County, Kansas. She is also the host of a podcast and events at "The Intersection of Art and Emotional Well-Being.” Ms. Epstein, her husband, and their Rainn Beau pup live in an 1880’s home in Lawrence, Kansas. For more about Ms. Epstein: https://MarciaEpstein.biz