Definitions
Suicide and Violence
Counseling in Crisis
The Brain
Mixed Bag
100

This is a time-limited thing and begins with a precipitating event. 

Crisis

100

True or False

Talking about Suicide gives someone the idea to do it. 

False- 

Talking about suicide does not increase the risk—

it can actually reduce distress and increase help-seeking. Open, nonjudgmental conversations are critical.

100

These include: Unconditional Positive Regard, Empathy, and Congruence. 

Core Counseling Skills. 

100

The part of the brain that is at the center of they body's stress response.

Amygdala

100

Understanding that trauma and crisis impact cultures differently, and every client develops in their own community. 

Culturally Aware Crisis Counseling

200

A response that may sometimes occur after a crisis event

Trauma

200

_____ Risk Factors include previous attempts, substance use, impulsivity, hopelessness

Individual

200

The ability to understand and share the feelings of another person. "Stepping into their shoes."

Empathy

200

Prefrontal Cortex, Amygdala, and Hippocampus are all affected by this.

Trauma

200

A positive psychological change that can occur after a person experiences a difficult or traumatic experience. 

Post-Traumatic Growth

300

Includes Acute, Episodic, and Chronic.

Stress

300

Name two Individual Protective Factors for Suicide

•Effective coping and problem-solving skills

•Reasons for living (for example, family, friends, pets, etc.)

•Strong sense of cultural identity

300

This new approach for trauma includes interventions that use acupuncture, yoga, and meditation. 

Mind-Body Approaches

300

Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn are all part of this system.

Autonomic Nervous System

300

Potentially traumatic events or situations that occur during childhood and can have a lasting negative impact on health and well-being throughout a person's life.

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

400

This happens when counselors share a traumatic space with clients and have repeated exposure to such space. 

Vicarious Trauma

400

Name 3 warning signs for Suicide

•Talking about being a burden

•Being isolated

•Increased anxiety

•Talking about feeling trapped or in unbearable pain

•Increased substance use

•Looking for a way to access lethal means

•Increased anger or rage

•Extreme mood swings

•Expressing hopelessness

•Sleeping too little or too much

•Talking or posting about wanting to die

•Making plans for suicide

400

Made up of 5 good things 

Relational-Cultural Theory

400

The capacity to evaluate relative danger and safety in one's environment. 

Neuroception

400

This can lead to a person's sense of being cut off and excluded, outside the human community, and isolated. 

Chronic Disconnection

500

This is trauma that is experienced collectively among individuals who share a common identity, spans generations, and is remembered through images and stories. 

Historical Trauma

500

This Ethic is a result of Tarrasoff v Regents of the University of California. Mental health professionals must protect identifiable third parties if a client poses a serious risk of violence. 

Duty to Warn

500

A model used by counselors to place trauma assessment, treatment, and recovery as a primary goal of counseling. 

Trauma-Informed Care

500

The brain's ability to increase intelligence through repeated learning and events. 

Neuroplasticity

500

Psychological, Safety, and Love/Belonging

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

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