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Suicidality in the LGBTQ Community
with Raji Edayathumangalam, MSc, PhD, LCSW

Saturday, March 11th, 2023; 10:00am – 3:00pm* EST on Zoom.

This workshop will offer 4 NYS Continuing Ed credits. 

*This workshop will include a 1-hour lunch break from 12:00-1:00pm EST.

About the Workshop:

Often, people who experience suicidal thoughts feel terribly alone, distraught, and disconnected from themselves and others. Often, friends, family, and professionals miss the warning signs that may only take someone’s asking to be revealed, or may be very hard to detect when a person strongly safeguards their need for privacy with their suicidal thoughts and intent.

This interactive workshop will allow early clinicians and experienced clinicians alike to learn and share critical insights, skills, resources, and supports. The workshop will discuss the risk factors specific to the LGBTQ community as well as the overlapping risks with other groups of people. The workshop will actively engage participants through case examples, role-play, and other activities, including a clinical case discussion by Deborah Sherman, BC-DMT, LMHC.

Consequently, the next time a patient walks in the door, the workshop participants will feel even more equipped to work effectively and comprehensively with the patient for ongoing suicide-risk assessment, documentation of risk formulation, and treatment.

About the Presenters:

Raji Edayathumangalam is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). Raji is a staff psychotherapist at ICP with the PCGS division. She also works as a forensic social worker in direct practice and policy roles in a public defender organization. Raji was formerly employed in an Office of Mental Health licensed clinic in East Harlem where she worked with children, adolescents, and adults diagnosed with mood disorders, psychotic disorders, personality disorders, and other mental health conditions. Raji also has teaching experience in social work graduate courses on advanced clinical practice, motivational interviewing, and stigma and discrimination in mental health.

Deborah Sherman, BC-DMT, LMHC has a private practice in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis in New York. She is on faculty and supervises for IPSS, ICP and NIP and has been a supervisor at PCGS (ICP) for the past 15 years. Deborah is the Director of the Coordinating Committee at the Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity (IPSS).

Registration is closed: this workshop is registered to capacity. 

Upcoming PCGS Workshops & Modules

Transference/countertransference with LGBTQ Patients (ICP candidates only)
with Brian Lathrop, M.Div, LP
6 Fridays; February 24, March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 2023; 12:00pm – 1:30pm EST.

Suicidality in the LGBTQ Community
with Raji Edayathumangalam, MSc, PhD, LCSW
Saturday, March 11th, 2023; 10:00am – 3:00pm EST.

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For questions about accessibility or to request accommodations please contact Tobin Berliner at 212-333-3444 ext 109 or pcgs@icpnyc.org
Refund Policy: Please note that refunds for all PCGS events are available up until one week before the start of the workshop or module, unless otherwise stated.

 

Continuing Education Information

AASECT CE Credit Information

Select programs meet the requirements of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and are approved for CE credits. These CE credits may be applied toward AASECT Certification and renewal of certification.

NYS Continuing Education Information

*The Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts.

*The Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy is recognized by the NYS Education Department State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education credit for licensed social workers.

*The Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors.

*The Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists.

*The Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists.