Virtual Training

Suicide Prevention in Entertainment

A Three-Part Series

Suicide Prevention in Three Parts

  • Part One

    Exploring Warning Signs, Attitudes, and Approach

    September 13, 2024

    12:30 pm PST/3:30 pm EST

    Part one of this series explores attitudes, warning signs, and approaches aimed at better understanding suicidal thoughts and intent. This foundational presentation highlights critical components of suicide prevention.

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  • Part Two

    How to Appropriately Support Somone At Risk

    September 27, 2024

    12:30 pm PST/3:30 pm EST

    Part two of this series focuses on equipping individuals with tools to respond effectively to someone experiencing suicidal thoughts or intent. It emphasizes active listening skills, validating emotions, and guiding individuals toward resources.

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  • Part Three

    Process Group: Putting it All Together

    October 11, 2024

    12:30 pm PST/3:30 pm EST

    Part three, the final part of this series, involves creating a supportive environment where individuals can come together to process their experiences, emotions, and newfound knowledge about suicide prevention.

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Suicide is a significant concern in the entertainment industry.

Research has shown 55% of entertainment workers have contemplated suicide. Additionally, the CDC has ranked the entertainment industry as the second most impacted industry in the United States.

This series is designed to provide you with tools to enhance supportive skills so we can ensure that suicide is preventable.

Entertainment workers across the industry face long work hours and high-pressure deadlines, often causing them to sacrifice personal time and health to meet these demands. Additionally, job insecurity, fluctuating income, and the industry's unpredictability can amplify stress levels. Moreover, the transient nature of freelance work can lead to feelings of isolation and a lack of stable support networks. Many workers receive insufficient support and turn to unhealthy habits, such as drugs and alcohol to cope. Providing workers with tools to support one another can be an impactful way to reduce this rate and help promote necessary industry-wide change.

Be a part of the change today!

This three-part series is intended to help you:

  • explore your attitudes about suicide and how it can impact your ability to provide support

  • learn the warning signs of suicide

  • understand steps to appropriately support someone who is at risk of suicide

  • process your own experiences

By the end of this series, you will be able to:

  • Understand the prevalence of suicide in the entertainment industry

  • Explain how personal and cultural attitudes about suicide can affect stigma

  • Recognize the warning signs that someone may be thinking about suicide

  • Confidently use tools to be able to support someone who is experiencing risk of suicide

  • Better understand your own personal experiences and how it impacts you to this day

Your Facilitators

Johanna Louie, LCSW
Co-Founder, Suicide is Different

Andrew Dudash
International Touring Professional Workplace Suicide Prevention Committee

Shaina Fawn, LCSW
Co-Founder, Wellbeing in Entertainment and Creative Arts

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  • Part One

    Exploring Warning Signs, Attitudes, and Approach

    September 13, 2024

    12:30 pm PST/3:30 pm EST

    Register

  • Part Two

    How to Appropriately Support Somone At Risk

    September 27, 2024

    12:30 pm PST/3:30 pm EST

    Register

  • Part Three

    Process Group: Putting it All Together

    October 11, 2024

    12:30 pm PST/3:30 pm EST

    Register