Working with Individuals at Elevated Risk for Suicide via Telehealth
12:00 - 4:00pm CST
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Course Description
Telehealth has grown exponentially in the mental health field since the start of the pandemic. Clinicians and clients both are finding advantages to telehealth at reducing barriers for some individuals. However, working with clients who are at increased risk for suicide can be challenging via telehealth as there are added difficulties in managing risk via telehealth. The focus of this course will be advanced skills and best practices in using telehealth with individuals at elevated risk for suicide. This course will build off of the self-paced Suicide Risk Assessment and Intervention via Telehealth course by first providing a review and expanded discussion on the key skills and knowledge learned. This training will use didactic approaches to review and case examples to illustrate how use the skills. The overall goal of this training will be to help implement information learned into actual clinical practice.
About Your Trainer
David Rozek, Ph.D., ABPP
David Rozek, PhD, ABPP, is an Associate Professor and a clinical psychologist at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He received his PhD from the University of Notre Dame and completed his residency at the Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Prior to joining the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Dr. Rozek held positions at the University of Central Florida as the Director of the National Center of Excellence for First Responder Behavioral Health at UCF RESTORES and at the University of Utah in the Department of Psychiatry with a secondary appointment as the Director of Training at the National Center for Veterans Studies. Dr. Rozek’s research and clinical expertise are in cognitive and behavioral therapies for suicide, depression, and PTSD. He regularly provides training to clinicians, medical professionals, peers support specialist, and mental health allies on best practices when working with individuals who are at risk for suicide and is an active researcher focusing on how to best improve clinical care.