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Hope Basic Training
Outline: Class # 3
William Gaultiere, Ph.D.
Executive Director of the New Hope Crisis Counseling Center
New Hope was started
in 1968 by Dr. Robert H. Schuller as the first church-sponsored
24-hour telephone counseling center in America. Dr. Schuller
and Arvella had just been through the heartache of having a friend
and church member suicide when no one was available to answer
her desperate phone call. In June of 1997 we extended New
Hope’s 24-hour suicide prevention ministry onto the Internet –
another first! Little did we know just much it was needed.
Whereas, less than 1% of our telephone calls include suicidal
feelings, between 5 and 10% of the people we chat with online
are suicidal! So you’ll want to pay extra close attention
as Dr. Bill teaches you how to respond to suicidal chatters.
A. Saddle Up for an
Adventure!
B. Triage: Focus on
the Most Urgent Need
C. People at Risk of
Suicide
D. Dangerous Misconceptions
about Suicide
E. Suicide Intervention
Steps
- Establish Rapport
- Assess Suicide Risk
- Diffuse Crisis with
Empathy (Reflect feelings on advantages of suicide and disadvantages
of living)
- Reinforce Reasons
to Live (Inspire hope by focusing on advantages of living and
disadvantages of suicide)
- Set Contract for
Living
- Call Police if you
Need to Prevent a Suicide
F. New Hope
Counselor
Tool Kit:
- Suicide
Intervention Instructions
- Red
Flag Expressions of Suicidal Callers/Chatters
- Suicide
Contact Sheet (PDF)
G. Reading Assignments
- Responding
to a Suicidal Person
- How
to Respond to a Suicidal Chatter
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