Description
Leader: Ennio Ammendola, Ph.D.
Cost: $135.00
Date: Friday, April 17, 2026 | 9:30 am EST – 12:45 pm EST
Location: Zoom
3 Contact Hours/3 Continuing Education Credits will be provided by Albert Ellis Institute upon completion of the workshop.
Target Audience: Psychologists, Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, Graduate Students
Instructional Level: Introductory to Advanced
Description:
This workshop is focused on the understanding of suicide—what it is, what it is not, and how we can recognize the pain behind it. Mental health professionals will be informed about the role they can play in creating safer, more supportive environments. Participants will also have an opportunity to become aware of crucial differences between a genuine desire to die, wanting to escape unbearable emotional suffering, hopelessness, or a sense of isolation. A review of the latest research and how to integrate the findings with current evidence-based clinical interventions will be presented. Special attention will be focused on the importance of applying principles of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) to address cognitions, emotions, and behaviors in clients at risk of suicide and helping clinicians feel more compassionate and connected to their clients’ experiences.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Understand what clients experience in a suicidal crisis.
- Describe how to listen without judgment to a suicide narrative presented by the clients.
- Plan a case formulation with a client at risk of suicide.
- Explain how to integrate research findings into an evidence based clinical intervention.
Schedule:
Recommended Readings:
Ellis, A. (2002). Overcoming resistance: A rational emotive behavior therapy integrated
approach. Springer Publishing Company.
Bryan, C. J. (2021). Rethinking suicide: Why prevention fails, and how we can do better. Oxford
University Press.
Joiner, T. (2005). Why people die by suicide. Harvard University Press.
Michel, K. (2023). The suicidal person: A new look at a human phenomenon. Columbia
University Press.
Instructor Credentials:
Ennio Ammendola is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Vermont (UVM) and is deeply committed to the field of suicide prevention under the mentorship of Dr. Craig Bryan. He is part of a team focused on developing a state-of-the-art suicide prevention service for the community served by the UVM Health Network. He has completed several professional trainings in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy Prolonged Exposure (DBT-PE), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for trauma, Cognitive-Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for PTSD (CBCT), Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE) for trauma, Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (EMDR), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Brief-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (B-CBT), Clinical Hypnosis, Structural family therapy, Gottman Method Couples Therapy, and Kundalini Yoga.
* Some instructors may receive royalties for the publication of any texts, books, articles,
chapters, or psychological tests that are required, discussed and/or referred to in the
presentations.
Cancelling of Registration
| Time Frame (Days before Workshop or Training) | Cancellation Fees | |
| 28 days or more | None | |
| 14 to 27 days | 50% of registration fee | |
| Less than 14 days | 100% of registration fee |
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