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This practical guide provides a holistic, wellness-oriented approach to understanding suicide and working effectively with clients who are suicidal. John and Rita Sommers-Flanagans' culturally sensitive, seven-dimension model offers new ways to collaboratively integrate solution-focused and strengths-based strategies into clinical interactions and treatment planning with children, adolescents, and adults. Each chapter contains diverse case studies and key practitioner guidance points to deepen learning in addition to a wellness practice intervention to elevate mood. Personal and professional self-care and emotional preparation techniques are emphasized, as are ethical issues, counselor competencies, and clinically nuanced skill building.

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John Sommers-Flanagan, PhD, is a professor of counseling at the University of Montana. He is the author or coauthor of more than 100 professional publications, including the books Tough Kids, Cool Counseling (2007, American Counseling Association), Clinical Interviewing (6th ed., 2017, Wiley), and Counseling and Psychotherapy Theories in Context and Practice (3rd ed., 2018, Wiley). Rita Sommers-Flanagan is a writer, counselor, passive solar advocate, and professor emerita of counseling at the University of Montana.

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