Workshop 2

Emotional co-regulation and relational care, self-harm, suicide and assessments

The aim of this workshop is to provide greater understanding of relational care and emotional co-regulation to inform assessments and care for people who have self-harmed or who are suicidal. We highlight the importance of taking a compassionate and relational approach throughout the assessment process.

Recording of the workshop

Agenda

Download agenda for Workshop 2 (PDF)

Slides

Emotional co-regulation and relational care slides (PDF)

“Two nervous systems, one room” slides (PDF)

Cross-neurotype relationships and co-regulation slides (PDF)

Resources

Neurodiverse Connection resources

• Supporting Nervous System Regulation in the Workplace
• Co-Escalation and Co-Regulation
• Kay Aldred presents: ABC Anchor, Breadth, Connect
• Kay Presents: Containment
• Beyond Mind: The Embodied Double Empathy Problem
• Working with the nervous system to understand and support regulation
• Neurodivergence, Trauma and Recovery (Part 2/3) – Connecting Back to Embodiment
• Fawn: the trauma response that is easiest to miss
• A neurodiversity paradigm lens on polyvagal theory

Other resources

• Dr Jay Watts’ website
• Service Users’ Perspectives on Communicating Compassion in Mental Health Practice (Nursing Open, 2024)
• ‘Relieved to be seen’- patient and carer experiences of psychosocial assessment in the emergency department following self-harm: qualitative analysis of 102 free-text survey responses (BMJ Open, 2021)
• ‘Wasn’t offered one, too poorly to ask for one’ – Reasons why some patients do not receive a psychosocial assessment following self-harm: Qualitative patient and carer survey (Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2021)
• See talks by Professor Nav Kapur and Dr Leah Quinlivan on Suicide risk assessment: moving towards a personalised approach (YouTube)

This work was completed as part of the Culture of Care Programme. The work was supported by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Greater Manchester Patient Safety Research Collaboration (GM PSRC) (Grant Reference Number NIHR204295). Leah Quinlivan is fully funded by the NIHR GM PSRC, Pauline Rivart was part funded by the NIHR GM PSRC, and Professor Nav Kapur is part funded by the NIHR GM PSRC.  The views expressed on this webpage are those of the authors and not necessarily those of NICE, NIHR, NHS, or the UK Department of Health and Social Care.