A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together.
- Margaret Atwood
As part of Magnolia Creek's community outreach efforts, our Clinical Director, Suicide and Risk Consultant, therapists, dietitians, nurses, and other staff members are available for speaking engagements and presentations at conferences, schools and universities, non-profit organizations, churches and other groups on various topics relating to eating disorders. Frequently requested topics are listed below, and topics may be modified to fit context and time constraints.
Please contact us if you are interested in having a member of our staff speak to your organization.
Presentations by Nicole Siegfried, Ph.D.
With her engaging personality and teaching background as a college professor, Clinical Director Dr. Nicole Siegfried is a popular speaker with audiences of all kinds. She has lectured and given presentations about eating disorders at numerous universities, workshops, organizations, and conferences across the country.
Below is a list of some of the frequent topics Dr. Siegfried has been asked to speak about:
- Understanding Elevated Suicidality in Eating Disorders: The Role of the Acquired Capability for Suicide
- Developing a Model for Suicidal Behavior in Eating Disorders
- MythBusters: Uncovering the the Truth about Suicide and Self-Harm in Eating Disorders
- Keeping your Tools Sharp: Preventing Relapse in Eating Disorders
- Assessment and Treatment of Self-Harm and Suicidality in Eating Disorders
- Assessment and Treatment of Eating Disorders
- Risk Factors for Eating Disorders in College Students
- Assessment of Eating Disorders and Suicide in College Students
- Families and Eating Disorders
- Diet is a Four-Letter Word
- When a Friend Has An Eating Disorder
- Media and Body Image
- Listening Skills for Beginning Counselors
- Motivational Interviewing – Dealing with Difficult Patients
Presentations by Mary Bartlett, Ph.D.
Dr. Bartlett researches, develops, designs, and delivers dynamic curriculum content in the area of suicide risk and prevention and resiliency according to the content and timing needs of your organization. Below are some presentations that she has developed and delivered to meet the needs of organizations in the past.
Contact Dr. Bartlett for a consultation on what your presentationneeds are and how Dr. Bartlett can meet them.
Keynote, Workshop, and Lecture Titles
- Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk: Core Competencies for Mental Health Professionals
- Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention: Putting Preparedness into Action
- How to Intervene with a Suicidal Person: Engagement and Action Steps
- Legal and Ethical Considerations when Working with Suicidal Clients
- Bullycide: What You Need to Know about Bullying, Suicide, and Youth
- Healing the Hungry Heart: Treating Eating Disorders and Self-Harm
- Eating Disorders: The Challenge for Mental Health Practitioners
- Engaging with Attempters, Families, and Survivors of Suicide
- Culturally Sensitive Counseling with Suicidal Clients
- Understanding and Helping a Suicidal Person
- How to Assess and Assist Suicidal Youth
- Helping Survivors of Suicide
- Best Practices when Working with Military Members and Families
- Leadership and Suicide: Understanding, Helping, and Coping
- Marriage after Combat: The Challenges of Returning Home
- Suicide Prevention: Building a Resilient Guard Family
- Suicide Prevention: Saving One Warrior at a Time
Presentation Lecture Topics
- Suicide Myths and Facts
- Defining the Problem of Suicide
- Understanding the Suicidal Mind
- Parasuicide and Self Harm
- Clinical Aspects of Working with Suicidal Clients
- Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention
- Risk, Protective, and Warning Signs of Suicide
- Engaging with a Suicidal Person
- Depression and Suicide
- How to Intervene with a Suicidal Person
- Suicide: Legal, Ethical, and Cultural Considerations
- Leadership and Suicide
- Building Resiliency
- Leadership Resiliency and Self Care
- Families and Resiliency
- Providing Postvention Assistance
- Coping with Suicide Loss
- Working with Survivors of Suicide
Presentations & Handouts
Below are some of the materials (in PDF format) used in Magnolia Creek presentations.
Presentation Slides
- Suicide and Binge Eating Disorder: Out of the Darkness
- Suicide and Binge Eating Disorder: IPTS Interventions
- Assessment of Eating Disorders & Suicide in University Populations
Handouts
- Acquired Capability for Suicide Scale (ACSS): easures fearlessness about death and pain tolerance
- Behavior Chain Analysis
- Depressive Symptom Index Suicidality Subscale (DSI-SS): brief 4-item measure of current suicidal ideation
- Functional Assessment of Self-Mutilation (FASM): measures self-injury methods & frequency and reasons for engaging in self-injury
- Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire (INQ): measures burdensomeness and belongingness
- Myths and Facts about Suicide & Eating Disorders
- Student Suicide Intent and Assessment
