Course curriculum

About this course

  • $60.00
  • 11 lessons

This is an APA, NBCC, IDFPR approved CE course acceptable for Healthcare Professionals License Renewals

Dates and Time of live events:

LIVE VIRTUAL PRESENTATION SCHEDULE:

(Attend once to get your 2CEs)

Friday, July 10, 2026

Monday, July 27, 2026

12 Noon to 2 PM EST

 

Time zone equivalent: 12 pm EST =11 am CST = 10 am MT=9 am PST 

Place: Spring Advisory Zoom

This presentation will be recorded. Video CE available at a later date. 

Attend online via Zoom. Zoom link available after registration. 

CE credit info: 

This Course includes a Post-Test, Evaluation, and CE Certificate upon passing the exam by 80% 

By passing the post-test at 80%, you will be issued a 1-credit CE certificate within 24 hours.



*Licensing rules change. We do our best to tell you what is known at the time the information is available. It is each licensee's responsibility to maintain their credential and ensure accuracy. 

Course Description

This 2-hour interactive workshop equips mental health professionals with the applied clinical skills needed to conduct ethically sound, person-centered suicide risk assessments grounded in contemporary evidence. Participants will develop competency in identifying empirically supported risk and protective factors — including social determinants of health, structural inequities, and individual-level variables — and learn to conduct clear, direct suicide inquiries that address ideation, intent, planning, behaviors, and access to lethal means. 

The workshop builds capacity to differentiate across low, moderate, and high-risk levels and to construct risk management plans that are clinically rigorous and responsive to each client's cultural context, identity, and circumstances. Attention is given to the ethical and systemic dimensions of assessment, including clinician bias, power dynamics, and disparities affecting ethnoracially minoritized and LGBTQ+ populations. 

Participants will also critically examine the emerging role of artificial intelligence in suicide assessment and documentation, weighing its potential alongside its limitations and ethical implications. Throughout, learning is anchored in realistic case material and structured opportunities to apply, critique, and refine assessment skills in practice.

What you will learn from this course:

Course Learning Outcome Objectives

  • 1. Identify at least 5 risk and 5 protective factors relevant to suicide assessment.

  • 2. Demonstrate the ability to conduct a suicide inquiry using clear, concise clinical language, including ideation, plan, behaviors, intent, access to lethal means, and homicidal inquiry.

  • 3. Differentiate between low, moderate, and high suicide risk levels and recommend at least three appropriate interventions for each level.

  • 4. Critically evaluate the risks, limitations, and ethical considerations of using artificial intelligence tools in suicide assessment, documentation, and clinical decision‑making.

  • 5. Integrate risk factors, protective factors, and clinical formulation to develop ethically sound, person‑centered suicide risk management plans.

  • 6. Evaluate ethical, cultural, and contextual factors that influence suicide risk assessment, including clinician bias, power dynamics, and systemic inequities.

Instructor

Denise Wolf, ATR-BC, ATCS, LPC, LPAT

Associate Professor, Drexel University. Suicide Risk Assessment Expert Instructor.

Denise Wolf, MA, ATR BC, ATCS, LPC, LPAT, is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Creative Arts Therapies at Drexel University and a licensed clinician in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She holds a master’s degree in counseling and art therapy and has over a decade of experience providing professional trainings in suicide assessment, crisis intervention, trauma informed care, and evidence based clinical practice. Wolf has delivered continuing education workshops for organizations including Philadelphia Community Behavioral Health (CBH), Sources for Human Services, Onward Behavioral Health, and J TEN, and has taught multiple CE courses focused on applied suicide risk assessment using interactive methodologies. Her clinical and teaching expertise includes suicide inquiry and formulation, safety planning, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and clinician resilience. Her work emphasizes ethical decision making, use of contemporary research, and emerging considerations in clinical practice, including the risks and limitations of artificial intelligence tools in suicide assessment, documentation, and clinical judgment. Wolf integrates research, structured assessment frameworks, and experiential learning to support skill development among practicing mental health professionals.

Approved CE provider

Image of NBCC continuing Education Provider logo on the left and with Spring Advisory logo on the right. Spring Advisory, PLLC has been approved by The National Board For Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7169. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Spring Advisory, PLLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Spring Advisory, PLLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Spring Advisory, PLLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

The Art Therapy Credentials Board recognizes CE credits granted by NBCC Approved Continuing Education Providers. All CE from Spring Advisory can be counted towards ATR, ATR-BC, and ATCS credential renewals for art therapists per ATCB.

Spring Advisory is an Illinois Social Work CE Sponsor, #159.001540

Spring Advisory is an Illinois Psychologist CE Sponsor, #268.000141

Spring Advisory is an Illinois Marriage and Family Therapy CE Sponsor, #168.000265


To ensure compliance with licensing board requirements, all CE courses expire 180 days after registration.


CE Requirements and Disclaimer

  • All registration expires after 180 days. 
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  • There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support in this program. 
  • By taking an online course, in real-time/live or pre-recorded/video, you are required to pass an exam by 80% about the course content in order to obtain your CE Credits and Certificates. 
  • Upon passing the post-test exam at 80% or above, certificates are issued immediately/ within the same 24-hour period. Unforeseen technical failure may cause delays. Please email [email protected] for any issues.  
  • It is our goal to help maintain and advance the knowledge and skills of doctoral-level psychologists. APA-approved Continuing education (CE) in psychology is an ongoing process consisting of formal learning activities that (1) are relevant to psychological practice, education, and/or science; (2) enable psychologists to keep pace with the most current scientific evidence regarding assessment, prevention, intervention, and/or education, as well as important relevant legal, statutory, leadership, or regulatory issues; and (3) allow psychologists to maintain, develop, and increase competencies in order to improve services to the public and enhance contributions to the profession. 
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FAQ

  • Q: I finished my course, where is my CE evaluation and exam link?

    A: On your course website, look on the left-hand side menu, and find the menu item to the CE eval and exam link. 

  • Q: I finished my exam, but I did not get my certificate, what happened?

    A: There are a few usual reasons: 1. Your email was misspelled. 2. You didn't hit SUBMIT when you finished your exam. 3. You didn't pass the exam. 4. It's in your spam folder. 5. Less common-The Internet failed when you submitted your exam. 6. Sometimes, other mechanical failures; we don't know. You can always retake the exam to get the certificate resent to you. 

  • Q. I passed the exam by 70%, where is my certificate?

    A: You must pass the exam by over 80% in order to obtain your CE certificate, go back to your course page and access the CE link, retake the exam until you pass by 80%. You will be awarded your CE certificate upon passing at 80% or above.

  • Q: I created an account and paid for the course, but when I go to the dashboard, I didn't see my course, what happened?

    A: We often see people create two accounts by mistake due to the misspelling of email addresses. Then the paid course reside in the wrong-email-address account. Unfortunately, this requires manual help. Reach out to the Admin for assistance.

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