Treating Chronic and Episodic Suicidality: Evidence-Based Outpatient Psychotherapies

Friday, January 29, 2027, 12:00 PM–2:00 PM ET

Online via Zoom

Continuing Education Offered

• 2 hours general synchronous interactive online

Description

When a patient experiences suicidal thoughts or behaviors but does not require hospitalization, suicidal risk becomes the primary focus of outpatient psychotherapy.

This webinar introduces three evidence-based suicide-focused modalities: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicide Prevention (CBT-SP), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS). Participants will learn the framework and core strategies of each and how they inform care for patients with chronic or episodic suicidality in outpatient settings.

Objectives

1. Explain the clinical importance of treating suicidal thoughts and behaviors as the primary treatment target rather than a symptom of an underlying psychiatric diagnosis.
2. Describe the framework of CBT-SP, DBT, and CAMS as outpatient treatments for suicidal risk.

Agenda

• 12:00pm–12:30pm Clinical Framework
• 12:30pm–1:00pm CBT-SP
• 1:00pm–1:30pm DBT
• 1:30pm–2:00pm CAMS

Instructor

Kim Menzel, LCSW, ACSW is a licensed clinical social worker, certified clinical supervisor, and alumna of the University of Michigan School of Social Work, with 30 years of experience in behavioral health care, integrative medicine, and clinical education. At the University of North Carolina Suicide Prevention Institute, she provides interdisciplinary education to medical students and residents, and psychology and social work trainees in best practices in suicide prevention and treatment and pilots suicide-focused interventions in primary care. Kim is a trainer in the Coping with Long-Term Active Suicide Program, Counseling on Access to Lethal Means, and Stanley–Brown Safety Planning and is pursuing certification in the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicide. She welcomes collaboration with communities to train clinicians, medical providers, and gatekeepers in advancing equity and access to early identification and evidence-based treatment of suicide risk.

CE Approval Statement

The University of Michigan School of Social Work, provider #1212, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 5/15/2026–5/15/2029. Social workers completing this course receive 2 continuing education credits.

The University of Michigan School of Social Work, a CSWE-accredited program, is authorized by Administrative Rule R 338.2923 4(b) to award Michigan social work continuing education contact hours.

Please see the CE Policies page for more information about continuing education.