New edition of an acclaimed manual which uses the solution focused approach to take an empathetic and validating approach to working with individuals considering suicide.

Table of Contents

• About the author
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• How to use this book
• The book's style and purpose
• Defining suicide and self-injury
• Other approaches to helping the suicidal
• Current service provision: Risk assessment, management and medication
• What is Solution Focused Brief Therapy?
• Suicide encounters: The crucial first ten minutes
• The solution focused approach in working with the suicidal
• Case study: Reg and ‘the demons calling from the deep’
• Some more case vignettes
• Connecting with people
• Working on the phone with the suicidal person
• Blaming those who took their lives
• International solution focused applications to suicide prevention
• Zero suicide: should this be our goal?
• Where do we go from here?
• Appendix 1: Flow diagram for an episode of treatment
• Appendix 2: Specialist solution focused training workshops
• Appendix 3: Evidence base for solution-focused working
• References