SFA 01 - Suicide First Aid Lite Reviews

Lots of helpful information. Very well presented and accessible. Great to do with others I work with for ongoing conversations and support.

Great course very useful and gave practical tools to use- Brilliant

Great session useful practical and thought provoking great way to build confidence on a difficult subject - great job Charlotte.

Really useful and informative. Would very much like to do the full day

It was a very informative session which has given me further insight and I feel in a better position to speak with someone experiencing thoughts of suicide

I feel my confident now about asking someone if they are suicidal, there was a lot of information in the sessions which was very useful

Very thought-provoking and informative; I particularly liked the practise of asking if someone was having suicidal thoughts and normalising this subject. Thank you.

I found the course well-paced and informative without being overwhelming, given the subject matter.

Really well ballanced course with good material and explanations.

Sometimes the subject of suicide can be treated so sensitively, it has a counterproductive effect which sweeps the subject matter under the carpet. This only serves to isolate someone in the role of support. Talking openly about suicide helped me to see someone struggling with life, as a person going through an overwhelming set of feelings, trying to cope, maybe trying to reach out or maybe hiding behind a smile. Either way i learnt a lot about approach, listening, holding and empathizing, leading to asking the question about their intentions of taking their own life. I liked the way of phrasing it as 'sometimes when people say they feel.....or say... they are thinking about taking their own lives, do you want to take your own life?'. It felt very empathetic to practice this in the session. I would feel much more comfortable being succinct in this way, because it doesn't presume I know they are going to do this, but allows the other person to answer the question feeling respected, if they do want to or they don't.