Continuing education / 6 hours · Intermediate
Suicide Assessment and Safety Planning
Six hours on the clinical work most mandates point at and most clinicians want more practice in: structured risk assessment, collaborative safety planning, means safety conversations, disposition decisions, and documentation that reflects what you actually assessed. Aligned with recognized frameworks including the Columbia protocol and the Stanley and Brown safety planning intervention.
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What the course covers
- Risk assessment frameworks and structured inquiry
- Collaborative safety planning, step by step
- Means safety conversations
- Disposition, follow-up, and continuity of care
- Documentation and worked case demonstrations
After this course you will be able to
- Conduct a structured suicide risk assessment using recognized frameworks
- Build a collaborative safety plan a client can actually use
- Hold a means safety conversation without rupturing the alliance
- Document assessment, plan, and follow-up defensibly
Who this course is for
- Clinicians who want structured assessment instead of gut feel
- Anyone whose state mandates suicide prevention training
- Supervisors who want a shared framework for their team
State rules that name this topic
These state rules name the topic this course teaches. Two things to check before you rely on it: this course is self-paced and asynchronous, so it cannot be used where a rule requires live or synchronous training, and it is not yet CE-approved for any license. Each requirement guide shows the current rule, the hours required, and the source.
California social workers requirement guide Read → Suicide risk assessment and intervention
California counselors requirement guide Read → Suicide risk assessment and intervention
California marriage and family therapists requirement guide Read → Suicide risk assessment and intervention
California psychologists requirement guide Read → Suicide assessment, treatment and management
Washington mental health counselors requirement guide Read → Suicide assessment, treatment and management
Washington social workers requirement guide Read → Suicide assessment, treatment and management
Washington marriage and family therapists requirement guide Read → Suicide assessment, treatment and management
Kentucky social workers requirement guide Read → Suicide prevention
Pennsylvania social workers requirement guide Read → Suicide risk assessment, treatment and management
Pennsylvania psychologists requirement guide Read → Evidence-based suicide prevention and awareness
Nevada counselors requirement guide Read →
How it works
This is a self-paced, asynchronous course (home study), not a live webinar or scheduled class. Reading with optional audio, case material worked in full, and short knowledge checks along the way. The course ends with a final exam (60 questions, retake allowed) and a course evaluation. Your certificate of completion issues immediately and stays downloadable from your private course link.
Three ways to take it
This course
$69
- 6 hours of instruction
- Final exam and certificate of completion
- 12 months of access
- Full refund within 30 days, pre-exam
The Launch Bundle Save $48
$99
- Three flagship courses, 12 hours
- Ethics, suicide assessment, AI in practice
- $147 bought separately
- Each with exam and certificate
Annual CE Membership Annual access
$149/year
- Every course we have open
- Every course we release this year
- Certificates stay yours if you cancel
The Psychology.com standard
| Development | Built to a specification written by licensed clinicians, first-drafted with generative AI, and reviewed by our editorial board before release. The development disclosure appears on each course page. |
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| The exam | The final exam opens after you mark every reading module complete. Question and answer order are randomized for each attempt; retakes are allowed. |
| Sources and dates | The course reader includes a bibliography. Our state requirement guides identify board sources and show a last-verified date. |
| Credit | Our courses are not CE-approved and carry no license-renewal credit. Completion earns a certificate of completion. |
| Pricing | Each course page lists its price. The exam and certificate of completion are included. Courses that are not open yet offer a waitlist. |
| Refunds | Full refund within 30 days if you have not yet passed the final exam. Email us to request it. |
Common questions
Which frameworks does it teach?
Does it satisfy my state mandate?
Is it appropriate if I rarely see acute risk?
Our promise
Take the course. Work the cases. If it is not what you needed and you have not yet passed the final exam, one email within 30 days gets you a full refund. No forms, no questions, no partial credit games.
Suicide Assessment and Safety Planning
Authorship. This course was built to a specification written by licensed clinicians, with generative AI composing the first draft of the instruction, cases and assessments, and it was then reviewed by our editorial board before release. We disclose the AI drafting because you deserve to know how the material was made, and because a course you rely on professionally should never hide its method.
Refunds. Full refund within 30 days if you have not yet passed the final exam.
Crisis resources. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline) in the US. Our courses train professionals and are not a crisis service.