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Comprehensive Safety Planning

Emmy Johnson, MSW, LCSW, (they/them)
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Description

Traditional safety planning is often insufficient in addressing suicidality, particularly in folks who are chronically suicidal, have increasing suicidality, aren’t sure they can keep themselves safe, and/or hold marginalized identities. This presentation will explore how to go deeper into safety planning in order to keep people safe while maintaining their autonomy. We will discuss the ethical complexities of sending someone to the hospital for suicidality and how to increase safety in the hospital setting.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Name ethical complexities in addressing suicidality through hospitalization.

  • Create an in-depth action plan with clients to increase safety during crisis moments.

  • Recognize and address gaps in the safety plan through short-, medium-, and long-term treatment interventions.

Educational Goal

The educational goal is for providers to feel equipped to create comprehensive safety plans in order to reduce safety concerns and interruptions to treatment.

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professional
  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker

Presenters

Emmy Johnson, MSW, LCSW, (they/them)
Emmy Johnson, MSW, LCSW, (they/them) is a non-binary eating disorder professional working as a coordinator for Gender Affirmative Care. They have been with Center for Discovery since 2020 as a primary therapist before moving into the GAC role. They specialize in working with LGBTQ+ populations with eating disorders and trauma, and they love providing trainings and supporting clinicians who work with transgender clients. They have worked in transgender advocacy and support since 2015 and in the field of treatment of eating disorders since 2018. They received their master’s in social work – with internships at Carolina Partners (now MindPath) providing free outpatient therapy for trans adults, and Carolina House Center for Eating Disorder Treatment – and their BA in public policy and women and gender studies, both degrees earned at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. They strive to be anti-racist, anti-oppression and Health At Every Size®/anti-sizeism oriented in all that they do. Outside of work, they love hiking with their dog Lyra and reading romance novels.

Financially Sponsored By

  • Discovery Behavioral Health
  • Center for Discovery