Identifying, Assessing and Treating

Self-Injury & Suicidality in Adolescents 

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When: Thursday October 9, 2025

Time: 10AM-4PM

Location: Live Webinar

Credits: 6 CEUs (NYS LMSW/LCSWs, LMHCs, LMFTs) APA, NBCC, NYSED; OASAS-pending

Cost: $109 Individual, Grad Students $50

5+ Group (same organization) – $89 per person

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OVERVIEW
Self-Harm and Suicide continue to be challenges facing our youth. In today’s world those working with young people simply must have an understanding of these problems. Beyond simply understanding the issues, those in the helping professions must offer these youth guidance on the path to health.

Statistics show that Non-Suicidal Self Injury (NSSI) is on the rise worldwide. Further, advances in understanding self-harm behavior have led us to conceptualize it differently from suicide. Non-suicidal self-injury was included in DSM-5 as a condition for further study. This has framed NSSI as a condition with distinct assessment and intervention strategies. Recent advances in brain science have contributed new insights to the conceptualization and treatment of NSSI.

Similarly, suicide remains a leading cause of death in youth worldwide. While self-harm and suicide are distinct problems, there are similarities and links between these issues. Current research has shed additional light on the connections between these serious problems.

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Needs Assessment
This course seeks to offer clinicians an understanding of self-harm and suicide in youth. Those attending the course will gain knowledge of the latest research in these areas. Clinicians will learn to quickly assess the risk of self-harm and suicide. They will be able to determine the level of risk and intervene in a manner that ensures the safety of the client, minimizes liability, and lays out a road to recovery.

Clinicians will learn clear interventions for improving the functioning of their clients. They will develop ways to engage the multiple systems within which clients function in order to transform their lives. In addition to learning new interventions, those attending the workshop will learn ways to utilize skills they already possess to improve the coping and problem-solving skills of their clients. The evidence-based, research-informed methods taught will empower clinicians to make a difference.

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Objectives:
● Determine the motivations that underlie self-harm and suicide

● Evaluate and Assess Risk with Confidence
● Create Interventions that fi t your Client
● Manage your Clients on the Path to Recovery

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Instructor:

Tony L. Sheppard, Psy.D., CGP, FAGPA

Renown National Speaker

 

Tony L. Sheppard, Psy.D., CGP, FAGPA, specializes in treating young people suffering from psychiatric issues including self-harm and suicide. A licensed psychologist and certified group psychotherapist, Tony brings over 15 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and young adults to his clinical practice. In addition to his private practice, Groupworks, he has trained hundreds of clinicians, educators, nurses, and physicians across the country in the treatment of self-harm and suicide, and is the author of a training curriculum in group psychotherapy.

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CONFLICT OF INTEREST:

CSLI is not aware of any conflict(s) of interest in relation to this program. Moreover, CSLI is not aware of additional commercial support for this program.

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