Supervising Clinicians Working with Suicidal Clients: A Joiner-Informed Approach
Trauma-Informed • Justice-Oriented • Relationally Attuned
This 6-hour advanced training equips supervisors with the knowledge and skills to effectively guide clinicians working with clients at risk for suicide. Building on Thomas Joiner’s Interpersonal Theory of Suicide (IPTS), participants will learn to apply concepts of perceived burdensomeness, thwarted belongingness, and acquired capability within the context of clinical supervision.
Grounded in the Multicultural Relational Perspective (MRP) and transformative justice frameworks, this course emphasizes supervision as a site for both clinical accountability and relational repair. Supervisors will explore how systemic inequities shape client risk while developing practices that support supervisee reflection, emotional regulation, and ethical decision-making.
Participants are strongly encouraged to complete Dr. Page’s 30-Hour Clinical Supervision Training and Introduction to Joiner’s Interpersonal Theory of Suicide as prerequisites to ensure foundational understanding of the models integrated in this advanced offering.
Training Format and Schedule
Date: Friday, October 23, 2026
Time: 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. (PST) – includes a 1-hour lunch break
Location: Live via Zoom (synchronous online learning)
Format: Lecture, case discussions, and experiential supervision practice
CE Hours: 6
Participants must attend all portions of the training to receive CE credit.
Activities
Supervision Role Plays
Case Study Reviews
Ethical Decision-Making Discussions
Reflective and Somatic Awareness Practices
Continuing Education (CE) Information
This program provides 6 Continuing Education (CE) hours in the following categories:
Supervision
Suicide Risk Assessment & Intervention
Ethics
Multicultural and Anti-Oppressive Practice
Learning Objectives:
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Apply
Joiner’s constructs—perceived burdensomeness, thwarted belongingness, and acquired capability—within supervision relationships that honor cultural and systemic context.
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Evaluate
supervisees’ suicide risk assessments and documentation through an ethical and equity-based lens.
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Foster
supervision environments that emphasize safety, reflection, and transformative justice principles.
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Guide
supervisees in using tools such as Decision Trees, Commitment-to-Treatment Statements, Crisis Cards, and Hope Kits to strengthen intervention planning and relational trust.
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Integrate
somatic awareness and nervous system regulation into supervision to support presence, repair, and resilience.
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Navigate
complex ethical decisions when overseeing clinicians working with high-risk or identity-laden cases.
Accountability, Connection, Transformation
What sets my work apart is the integration of theory, ethics, and identity. I draw from research, lived experience, and years of teaching and supervision to make complex material accessible and relevant. Each cohort or audience receives a version of the training designed specifically for their context—so learning feels tailored, not generic.
Participants often describe my trainings as rigorous, relational, and real—spaces where learning feels alive, grounded, and sustaining.
Aligned with Oregon Board requirements and consistent with ACA, AAMFT, and NBCC standards, this training offers a rigorous, reflective, and justice-oriented approach to supervision as a site of growth, healing, and systemic change.
This training satisfies LPC + LMFT + LCSW - This training fulfills supervision requirements for Professional Counselor Associates and Marriage and Family Therapy Associates through the OBLPCT, and Clinical Social Work Associates through the OBLSW. It also includes the required Systems Supervision component specific to LMFT supervision.
About Dr. Unique Page
Dr. Unique Page, Ph.D., LPC, NCC holds a Master’s in Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling and a Ph.D. in Counseling and Counselor Education. Since 2016, she has been training, mentoring, and supervising counselors with a focus on culturally responsive, relational, and equity-centered practice.
Her work invites depth, reflection, and integrity—helping clinicians bring their full humanity into supervision and leadership. She believes supervision is both a professional responsibility and a relational practice that fosters accountability, authenticity, and care.
Through her private practice, UP Counseling & Consulting, Dr. Page partners with clinicians, organizations, and communities to cultivate supervision and leadership practices that strengthen competence, connection, and collective wellbeing.