Recommend: EHNW Lunch-n-Learn

Clinician Self Care – Suicide Prevention Awareness

Presenter: Michaele P. Dunlap, PsyD
 

June 13, from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm

Location: Online

Regular Pricing: $20 for Professionals, $15 for Students, and $0 for EHNW affiliates

Dr Dunlap’s description:

“That human beings sometimes commit suicide is a fact. As mental health professionals we are required to understand suicide risks and do our best to avert such events as adeptly as we can.

I hold acute awareness that medical and mental health clinicians are human and have a very high incidence of suicide and suicide ideation, as do first responders trained to intervene in grim and often ghastly situations: firefighters, police, and EMTs. When I talk with colleagues about the fact that our own and our colleagues’ suicide risks need to be a topic for suicide prevention education, the sort of response I get is, “I’ve never heard a presentation on clinicians’ suicide risk.” 

I’ve been stumbling toward the development of a 3-hour CE presentation on this topic for 3 years and hope to have it online in September 2025. In this brief lunch and learn presentation, I will offer a smattering of data and some personal stories, share assertions reflected upon in-depth, and offer resources.

I would like to engage with you in a discussion about medical and mental health clinicians’ suicide risks and self-care strategies, as well as those of others working in this muddy, hazardous space.”

Presenter Bio

Michaele Dunlap, PsyD, completed college at Reed, earned a master’s in counseling at Lewis & Clark and a Psy.D. at Pacific University. Michaele is licensed in Oregon and Washington and practice at Mentor Professional Corp. in NW Portland (503-227-2027).

Michaele has been an organizer and presenter of professional continuing education events since 1989. In 1996, Michaele, with 4 colleagues, formed Mentor Research Institute (MRI). MRI was approved as a 501(c)3 organization in 1997. Michaele serves as executive Director of the Independent Mental Health Practices Alliance (IMHPA).

Register here: Existential-Humanistic Northwest June 2025 Lunch & Learn Tickets, Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite

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