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Digital Seminar

Client-Centered Suicide Prevention

The Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) Approach

Speaker:
David Jobes, PhD, ABPP
Duration:
1 Hour 05 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Aug 17, 2026
Product Code:
POS150890
Media Type:
Digital Seminar

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Description

When you’re fearful of malpractice liability, you’re likely to offer interventions to suicidal clients that are an empathic miss and they may even make matters worse.

It’s time to shift to a client-centered, suicide-focused approach to clinical suicide prevention – care that centers empathy, collaboration, and honesty.

In this session, Dr. David Jobes – developer of the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) treatment method – will help you transition away from an anxiety-based, clinician-centered practice to a framework that reliably decreases suicide ideation and attempts. You’ll learn:

  • An evidence-based approach to assess, target, and treat suicidal risk
  • How to avoid overreliance on hospitalizations that may lead to more harm than good
  • Interventions to help clients cultivate purpose and meaning

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WASHINGTON PSYCHOLOGICAL CENTER PC


David Jobes, PhD, ABPP, is the developer of the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) treatment method. He began his career in 1987 in the counseling center of The Catholic University of America, where he developed a suicide risk assessment tool for college students that evolved into an evidence-based treatment, CAMS, recognized by The Joint Commission, Zero Suicide, and the CDC. A 2021 meta-analysis of 30 years of research shows that CAMS is a “well supported” intervention for reducing suicidal ideation per CDC criteria. Dr. Jobes is a professor of psychology and associate director of clinical training at CatholicU. He has published seven books and hundreds of journal articles and book chapters focused on suicide-care and has trained thousands of mental health professionals in the United States and abroad in evidence-based assessment and treatment of suicide risk and the use of CAMS.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. David Jobes maintains a private practice and has employment relationships with The Catholic University of America and Uniformed Services University. He is the President of the Board of Directors for Washington Psychological Center. He receives compensation as a consultant and receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Jobes is a stock owner of CAMS-care, LLC. He receives grants from A Four Pines Fund, The University of Washington, The National Institute of Mental Health, and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. Dr. Jobes receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. David Jobes is an Ad hoc reviewer and editor for several peer review journals, for a complete list contact PESI, Inc. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and a member of American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP).


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Objectives

  1. Utilize an effective screening tool and assessment tool for suicidal risk.
  2. Define effective stabilization care for acute suicidal states.
  3. Identify root causes that prompt a client’s suicidal thoughts and urges.

Outline

Foundations of Effective Clinical Suicidology

  • Medical model bias with little empirical support
  • Clinician-focused practice due to fear of malpractice liability litigation
  • Default to most restrictive practice
  • Overview of evidence-based treatments for suicidal risk
  • Limitations of the research and potential risks

Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicide (CAMS)

  • Importance of client-centered suicide care
  • Screen and assess for suicidal risk
  • How to stabilize clients who are acutely suicidal
  • Identify and treat client-defined suicidal drivers

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Psychiatrists
  • Psychologists
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

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