Suicide Awareness and Prevention
A brief introduction on how to recognize potential signs of distress and/or suicide risk and how to provide immediate support.
About the workshop
If you encounter someone in distress or at risk of suicide, do you know how to offer help? The Suicide Prevention and Awareness Workshop aims to equip participants with the knowledge to identify potential signs of distress or suicide risk, offer immediate support, and make appropriate referrals.
The Suicide Prevention and Awareness Workshop (formerly known as Support Over Suicide or SOS training) provides training on how to inquire about suicidal thoughts and effectively respond to students in distress using interpersonal skills. Participants will also learn how to effectively connect with a struggling student through various SFU and community-based services. This workshop is free and open to all members of the SFU community.
Fall 2024
TBA
This opportunity is recognized on the Co-Curricular Record (CCR), an official university document. Learn more
Do you have any questions? Email: david_lindskoog@sfu.ca.
A Canvas course was created by the Health & Counselling staff as a supplement to the workshops. We are seeking feedback. To provide input, please email david_lindskoog@sfu.ca.
David Lindskoog
Registered Clinical Counsellor
dlindsko@sfu.ca
David is a Registered Clinical Counsellor holding a MA in counselling psychology from Adler University. His approach integrates emotion-focused, narrative, and cognitive-behavioural therapy, and he prioritizes offering a grounded and caring atmosphere emphasizing safety and empathy. David is passionate about suicide prevention, social justice, career and professional development concerns, and the use of role-playing games in therapy.
Beth Triano
Registered Clinical Counsellor
btriano@sfu.ca
Beth is a Registered Clinical Counsellor working within a client centered, intersectionality framework. She appreciates that students are busy, often overwhelmed and lead lives outside the confines of being a student. Beth’s life experience as a yoga and meditation instructor, group facilitator and graduate student inform her in her counselling work. She strives to support the development of insight, strategies and tools to assist students in reaching their counselling and broader life goals. Beth is a certified EMDR therapist with experience in supporting clients through issues related to trauma history, self-esteem, stress, anxiety and low mood.
Lyndsay Cotterall (She/Hers)
Registered Clinical Counsellor
Lyndsay is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and Approved Clinical Supervisor with an M.Ed. in Counselling Psychology from Simon Fraser University. She works from a client and student-centred perspective with an emphasis on creating a collaborative, supportive, and caring space to meet the client’s unique needs. She integrates relational-cultural, emotion-focused, and cognitive behavioural theories, as well as motivational interviewing into her daily work. Lyndsay is passionate about stigma reduction and has the pleasure of overseeing and supporting the Hi-FIVE Movement for Mental Health Program at SFU. She also works actively in the Health & Counselling Practicum Program.