Suicide Safety Planning Demonstration Anna and Amar

This video is a demonstration of how to develop a suicide safety plan. The social worker is played by Dr. Amar Ghelani, Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream) with the University of Toronto Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work. The client is Anna, a 20 year old straight, cis gender female of mixed ethnic background who studies psychology at a Canadian university. This is her second counselling session with Amar and she has just completed a suicide risk assessment. In this segment, she identifies her early warning signs, coping skills, supportive people, and things she can do to keep herself safe when feeling suicidal. The first part of this meeting is a suicide risk assessment which can be viewed here: