June 6, 2025 -Responding to suicidal thoughts
June 6, 2025 -Responding to suicidal thoughts
Event Location:
This is an ONLINE EVENT, Hosted on Zoom, Eastern Time (CANADA & US)
Event Description
Responding to Suicidal Thoughts: Double-storying Hope and Despair
Friday June 6, 2025
10:30 AM to 4:30 PM Eastern Time | Convert to your time zone here
Facilitated by Angel Yuen
Early rate $160 until May 9, 2025
$180 regular rate thereafter
When having conversations with people experiencing suicidal thoughts, narrative practitioners endeavor to richly acknowledge despair while also being on the lookout for people’s skills in living.
In this workshop, Angel Yuen will share stories and wisdom of those who have experienced suicidal thoughts and their skills and knowledges of coming out of dark times.
During this online workshop together we will:
- discuss some of the limitations of mainstream suicidology
- learn how externalizing practices can help to widen space between the person and hopelessness/despair/suicidal thoughts
- honour multiplicity and complexity of suicidal thoughts in ways that do not pathologize distress
- consider an alternative framework for conversations about suicide
- practice narrative lines of enquiry that create openings to subordinated stories in the shadows
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About the facilitator…
Angel has facilitated several narrative workshops locally, internationally and more recently virtually. Within these spaces she continually is honoured to share hopeful stories, skills and wisdom of the people who consult with her. As a member of the Dulwich Centre international faculty in Adelaide, Australia Angel is part of their team for the Master of Narrative Therapy and Community Work program. Angel is the author of the 2019 book titled’ Pathways beyond despair: Re-authoring lives of young people through narrative therapy. She also is co-editor with Cheryl White of the 2007 book Conversations about gender, culture, violence and narrative practice: Stories of hope and complexity from women of many cultures.
- All practitioners seeking hopeful and effective ways of working together with people experiencing suicidal thoughts.
If you are new to the ideas and practices of Narrative Therapy we suggest:
- Reading What is Narrative Therapy? (2000) by Alice Morgan.
Or….
2. Viewing a 1.5 hour video on-demand from January 24, 2025 titled ‘Re-Authoring Stories of Depression’ which shares introductory ideas that shape narrative therapy. If you are interested in accessing this video for free please email us
Lunch from 12:45 to 1:30 PM [ET] and there will be a morning and an afternoon break
Certificates of Training can be requested at the end of the online workshop and will state 5 hours of narrative therapy training. Certificates can be used to qualify for eligibility for continuing education credits from professional colleges and licensing boards. Please contact your own college or association to confirm requirements.
STUDENTS – At checkout in ‘discount code’ enter STUDENT10. Also in the ‘additional info’ box please include your student info – i.e.: Name of institution and program of study
For groups of 3 or more, please register together in one transaction and at checkout in ‘discount code’ enter GROUP10. One main person can be registrant, and please type info (name, email, address) for other group members in additional info box
Cancellations will be accepted if requested in writing at least 14 days prior to the event. A 10% admin fee will be deducted from the amount to be refunded.
We regret that a refund cannot be offered after the cancellation date, but a colleague may be substituted for attendance.