CSA CPD - Exploring our choices when a coachee expresses thoughts of suicide in a coaching session

Exploring our choices when a coachee expresses thoughts of suicide in a coaching session with Anne Archer, coach, coach supervisor, mental health advocate and educator. 

As coaches and coach supervisors we are privileged to be alongside clients at the best of times and sometimes the worst. Anyone who is at a place of considering ending their life because they see no other option to escape their pain needs support. If a client expresses the depth of their feelings and thoughts to us, it may be they have told no-one else. This can be about themselves or someone else. How we react and respond in that moment they share with us, may save a life.

In this session we will explore:

We will use case studies, breakout room discussions, plenary sharing with input and content. We will explore the topic both from a supervisory and coach perspective.

A prevous participant said about this session: 

Good, very odd to say enjoyable or interesting about such a dark subject but overall yes very interesting.

About Anne Archer:I am a coach, coach supervisor, mental health advocate and educator and suicide prevention trainer. I work with Mental Health First Aid England, the National Centre for Suicide Prevention and Training, I volunteer for a crisis line and have first-hand experience of the devastation suicide can bring to family, friends and colleagues.

In this work specifically my clients include public and private sector, global corporations, professional service firms, a major animal charity and many smaller organisations. I hold an MSc in the Psychology of Wellbeing which included a spell in the community during our Clinical Psychology stint.

The most important piece of my story is that I am passionate in creating a future for my grandchildren where they can thrive and flourish. For me suicide prevention work is life affirming. It means choosing life and that can sometimes feel like the hardest option.

https://annearcherassociates.com