- 26 Nov 24
Navigating Suicidality in Coaching
As a coach, how competent do you feel in ensuring you hold an ethically safe space to support your clients when they implicitly or explicitly share that they are having fleeting thoughts of suicidal ideation, have made active plans to end their life or have attempted suicide?
Studies show that 1 in 5 adults often or always feel lonely. Loneliness and suicidality share a complex and intertwined relationship. Similarly there is a profound link between burnout and suicidality. It is thought that 53% of managers are currently experiencing burnout. These interconnected themes are increasingly finding their way into the coaching space.
In this 2-part workshop, seasoned professional coaches Jayne Morris MCC and Jo Reeves PCC combine their experience in coaching, coach training, coach mentoring and supervision to offer an in depth CPD training that is suitable for coaches of all levels.
By the end of the course, you will have learned how to:
- Curate a safe coaching space
- Recognise signs of suicidality
- Establish risk
- Coach your client around resourcing themselves & explore preventative measures
- Appropriately safe guard & sign post for specialist support
- Stay within your competencies as a coach
- Build your confidence in having difficult conversations
- Use clean & clear language
- Ask direct questions in a coaching manner
- Be aware of the connection between neurodiversity & suicidality
- Appreciate the link between loneliness & suicidality
- Stay alert to the interplay between burnout & suicidality
- Recognise the importance of self-care following coaching sessions where there has been a conversation around suicidality
CC : RD : 8