Course Structure
- The Compassionate Inquiry® Suicide Attention Training consists of 25 hours of live facilitated sessions (10 weekly modules of 2.5 hours each), extensive handouts of the slides presented after each session, and recordings of the sessions that can be accessed for unlimited time after the completion of the training.
- The Compassionate Inquiry Suicide Attention training offers a certificate of completion at the end, based on live attendance at 7 out of 10 facilitated sessions.
- Each session includes both didactic material and interactive, experiential exercises in a group. You will meet each week to deepen your exploration of the module themes, practice skills together, and have space for personal reflections.
- There will be a further 12 hours of practice and peer connection across the training, working in groups of three. Each triad is 1.5 hours in duration, and you meet 8 times during the training.
Module 1 – Safety and Connection for Suicidal Clients
Module 2 – Seeing Clients in their Context
Integration , Q&A, Sharing and Connecting
Module 3 – Understanding Suicidal Thoughts
Module 4 – Stabilization for Suicidal Distress
Module 5 – Working with Core Beliefs
Module 6 – Moving from Shame to Connection and Compassion
Module 7 – Integrating the Suicidal Part
Module 8 – Supporting Caregivers of a Suicidal teen
Integration, Case Studies, Q&A
Course Fees
The cost of the CI Suicide Attention Training is $1200.00 CAD per participant, for the training, which includes 10 sessions. There are also payment plans available for this program: 2 payments of $625 CAD each or 3 payments of $420 CAD each. Follow the link below, if you wish to apply.
A limited number of subsidies are available for the Suicide Attention Training
Please only apply for a subsidy if you:
- Would be unable to attend the program otherwise, due to financial constraint
- Are committed and capable of attending the program you are applying for
- Can pay the discounted rate for the course by the required date, February 9, 2025
- Subsidies are not transferable from one course to another, or from one person to another
Subsidy applications are due by midnight ET on January 9, 2025. You will be notified if you have been chosen to receive a subsidy by January 25, 2025. Final registration and payment of the subsidy are February 9, 2025. Please email billing@compassionateinquiry.com for application form.
Meet the Creators and Facilitators:
Irina Ungureanu is a trauma-informed therapist with a background in transpersonal psychology and performative arts, a PhD in interculturalism and specializing in her private practice in support for suicidal distress. Based in Bucharest, Romania, she is a public speaker, trainer and lecturer on personal development, societal trauma and therapeutic modalities, focusing on group processes and suicide prevention.
From 2021-2022 Irina and Camilla Monroe facilitated the Suicide Attention space – monthly meetings of support within the CI training, and coordinated the Suicide Prevention and Support Team within CI for anyone in the training experiencing suicidal distress. Irina and Camilla created the Suicide Attention Training as an outcome of this work. Irina is a certified Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner.
Camilla Monroe is a trauma-informed psychotherapist based in Cork City, Ireland. Camilla became a psychotherapist inspired by her own trauma recovery journey and is very focused on the mind- body connection in her work. Alongside her private practise, Camilla worked as a therapist and clinical assessor for a suicide prevention charity in Ireland, supporting clients experiencing self-harm and suicidal ideation. Camilla started her CI journey in May 2020. Since that time, Camilla and her colleague Irina Ungureanu have been seeking ways to integrate Gabor Mate’s Compassionate Inquiry approach into a treatment lens that shifts the focus from suicide prevention to suicide attention to support both those experiencing suicidal distress and those working with it. Camilla Monroe is a certified Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner.
““Rather than making it a problem, see it as a treasure to be explored, as something that is here to teach you if you are willing to learn.”
Dr. Gabor Maté (CI Pillar No.7)