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)