Working Online with Suicidal Clients in the Age of COVID

Changes brought about by the global pandemic have increased feelings of uncertainty, distress, and isolation for suicidal clients as well as the clinicians who work with them. In this Mastery in Minutes video, Victor Yalom interviews renowned expert John Sommers-Flanagan about working remotely with suicidal clients and how COVID has affected suicidality. Their conversation sheds light on some special considerations clinicians need to address when working remotely and guidance on building strong therapeutic relationships in an online therapy space as well as ways in which remote therapy can actually enhance work with suicidal clients. 

By watching this interview, you will learn important tools for building a strong working alliance despite the distance of teletherapy and how you can better help clients reduce their distress and develop tools to cope more effectively during these troubling times.