Helping the Suicidal Person provides a highly practical toolbox for mental health professionals The book first covers the need for professionals to examine their own personal experiences & fears around suicide moves into essential areas of risk assessment safety planning & treatment planning & then provides a rich assortment of tips for reducing the person's suicidal danger & rebuilding the wish to live The techniques described in the book can be interspersed into any type of therapy no matter what the professional's theoretical orientation is & no matter whether it's the client's first tenth or one-hundredth session Clinicians don't need to read this book in any particular order or even read all of it Open the book to any page & find a useful tip or technique that can be applied immediately