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Suicide Risk Assessment and Interventions workshop
Title: Suicide Risk Assessment and Interventions
Date: 9/25/2026
Time: 9:00am-4:30pm Pacific (1.5 hours for lunch); sign in starts at 8:30am
Location: Camarena Health Training Center
4148 Town Center Blvd., Madera, CA 93636
Type of training: Live interactive workshop
Target Audience: Licensed psychologists, psychiatrists, LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, psychiatric nurses, and other mental health professionals, seeking to expand competence in identifying and supporting those with risk of suicidality. This training will also be useful for first responders and emergency room staff, and law professionals.
Post-Licensure Instructional Level: Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced.
Cost: 200.00
Number of CE hours offered for completion of this training: 6
Description: Suicide Risk Assessment and Interventions is a six-hour training program examining the “gold standard” of suicide risk assessment and provides an overview of evidence-based effective interventions for suicidal behavior. This program integrates foundational suicidology, contemporary “ideation-to-action” theories, gold-standard assessment models, open-source tools, the construction of suicide-focused interviews, effective interventions, and California-specific legal and ethical considerations. Through research analysis and case-based discussion, attendees will enhance competence in recognizing, assessing, and supporting individuals on varying pathways to suicidality. This workshop meets the one time requirement for training in suicide risk assessment and interventions for mental health clinicians in California.
Presenter: Dr. Catherine Harris is a licensed psychologist with over two decades of experience specializing in the prevention, identification, treatment, and assessment of suicidality. She has worked with thousands of survivors of suicide attempts, disasters, violence, and other life-threatening events. As a veteran, she has dedicated much of her professional life to serving high-risk populations, including military personnel, incarcerated individuals, and first responders—both in clinical settings and in the community.
Dr. Harris’s work is rooted in the belief that reducing the morbidity of suicidality—its long-term emotional and psychological toll—is just as critical as preventing mortality, the most acute expression of suicidality. She is known for her thoughtful attention to chronic suicidal ideation and how it erodes quality of life. In addition to clinical roles within prison, hospital and community-based settings, she has trained staff on suicide prevention protocols, and supervised numerous master’s and doctoral level students and post-doctoral fellows. Her current practice, ABO Psychological Corporation, focuses on compassionate care for individuals and professionals affected by suicidality.
Learning Objectives:
Describe 2-3 barriers to attaining competency in suicide risk assessment.
Identify epidemiological trends in suicide locally, nationally and globally.
Differentiate ‘morbidity’ vs ‘mortality’ in the context of suicidality.
Describe at least two contemporary pathways to suicidality based on classical and current theories of suicidal behavior.
Compare and contrast 2-3 open-source structured interview tools for a suicide risk assessment.
Differentiate risk factors and warning signs relevant to chronic risk versus acute risk.
Identify at least 3 evidence-based interventions for addressing suicidality.
Revise at least 2 suicide risk assessments to align with California legal and ethical standards.
Certification: Participants taking this workshop for continuing education must pre-register. Verified attendance and completion of an evaluation for this workshop are required. Certificate of attendance will be provided at the end of the workshop after submission of a completed evaluation.
Disclosures: This workshop does not endorse any commercial products or services. The presenter is not receiving any commercial support for this workshop. This workshop is intended solely for educational purposes and is not a substitute for professional assessment, diagnosis, or crisis intervention. The information in this workshop reflects the presenter’s professional experience and interpretation of current research.
Approvals: ABO Psychological Corporation is approved by the California Psychological Association (CPA) to provide continuing professional education for psychologists. ABO Psychological Corporation maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.
This 6-hour program includes 6 hours of instructional time and a 1.5 hour lunch break. CE credits were assigned using the standard method of 1 credit per 60 minutes of instruction. All content, objectives, methods, and assessments were reviewed by the CE Program Director for relevance, ethical compliance, and alignment with standards for continuing education in psychology.
Cancellations: Must be received 14 days prior to the scheduled training to be eligible for a refund and are subject to a $50.00 processing fee.
This program includes the PowerPoint presentation, handouts and interactive discussions.
Title: Suicide Risk Assessment and Interventions
Date: 9/25/2026
Time: 9:00am-4:30pm Pacific (1.5 hours for lunch); sign in starts at 8:30am
Location: Camarena Health Training Center
4148 Town Center Blvd., Madera, CA 93636
Type of training: Live interactive workshop
Target Audience: Licensed psychologists, psychiatrists, LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, psychiatric nurses, and other mental health professionals, seeking to expand competence in identifying and supporting those with risk of suicidality. This training will also be useful for first responders and emergency room staff, and law professionals.
Post-Licensure Instructional Level: Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced.
Cost: 200.00
Number of CE hours offered for completion of this training: 6
Description: Suicide Risk Assessment and Interventions is a six-hour training program examining the “gold standard” of suicide risk assessment and provides an overview of evidence-based effective interventions for suicidal behavior. This program integrates foundational suicidology, contemporary “ideation-to-action” theories, gold-standard assessment models, open-source tools, the construction of suicide-focused interviews, effective interventions, and California-specific legal and ethical considerations. Through research analysis and case-based discussion, attendees will enhance competence in recognizing, assessing, and supporting individuals on varying pathways to suicidality. This workshop meets the one time requirement for training in suicide risk assessment and interventions for mental health clinicians in California.
Presenter: Dr. Catherine Harris is a licensed psychologist with over two decades of experience specializing in the prevention, identification, treatment, and assessment of suicidality. She has worked with thousands of survivors of suicide attempts, disasters, violence, and other life-threatening events. As a veteran, she has dedicated much of her professional life to serving high-risk populations, including military personnel, incarcerated individuals, and first responders—both in clinical settings and in the community.
Dr. Harris’s work is rooted in the belief that reducing the morbidity of suicidality—its long-term emotional and psychological toll—is just as critical as preventing mortality, the most acute expression of suicidality. She is known for her thoughtful attention to chronic suicidal ideation and how it erodes quality of life. In addition to clinical roles within prison, hospital and community-based settings, she has trained staff on suicide prevention protocols, and supervised numerous master’s and doctoral level students and post-doctoral fellows. Her current practice, ABO Psychological Corporation, focuses on compassionate care for individuals and professionals affected by suicidality.
Learning Objectives:
Describe 2-3 barriers to attaining competency in suicide risk assessment.
Identify epidemiological trends in suicide locally, nationally and globally.
Differentiate ‘morbidity’ vs ‘mortality’ in the context of suicidality.
Describe at least two contemporary pathways to suicidality based on classical and current theories of suicidal behavior.
Compare and contrast 2-3 open-source structured interview tools for a suicide risk assessment.
Differentiate risk factors and warning signs relevant to chronic risk versus acute risk.
Identify at least 3 evidence-based interventions for addressing suicidality.
Revise at least 2 suicide risk assessments to align with California legal and ethical standards.
Certification: Participants taking this workshop for continuing education must pre-register. Verified attendance and completion of an evaluation for this workshop are required. Certificate of attendance will be provided at the end of the workshop after submission of a completed evaluation.
Disclosures: This workshop does not endorse any commercial products or services. The presenter is not receiving any commercial support for this workshop. This workshop is intended solely for educational purposes and is not a substitute for professional assessment, diagnosis, or crisis intervention. The information in this workshop reflects the presenter’s professional experience and interpretation of current research.
Approvals: ABO Psychological Corporation is approved by the California Psychological Association (CPA) to provide continuing professional education for psychologists. ABO Psychological Corporation maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.
This 6-hour program includes 6 hours of instructional time and a 1.5 hour lunch break. CE credits were assigned using the standard method of 1 credit per 60 minutes of instruction. All content, objectives, methods, and assessments were reviewed by the CE Program Director for relevance, ethical compliance, and alignment with standards for continuing education in psychology.
Cancellations: Must be received 14 days prior to the scheduled training to be eligible for a refund and are subject to a $50.00 processing fee.
This program includes the PowerPoint presentation, handouts and interactive discussions.