Schedule
April 10, 2024
11:00am to 12:30pm
Information
PRESENTER: Mary Chase Mize, Ph.D.
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COST: $25.00 Payable Online
CREDITS: 1.5 CORE CEU HOURS
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
• Learn the major factors in suicide risk, desire, and capability through the components of Joiner’s Interpersonal Theory of Suicide (IPTS)
• Understand clinical application of the IPTS, including assessment and intervention strategies
• Be familiarized with clinical assessments for suicide desire and capability, including the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire (INQ) and the Acquired Capability for Suicide Scale – Fearlessness About Death (ACSS-FAD)
• Demonstrate existing knowledge and application of new material through a treatment plan case study grounded in the ITPS
ABOUT DR. MIZE:
Dr. Mary Chase Mize (she/her/hers) is an assistant professor of clinical mental health counseling at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), National Certified Counselor (NCC), Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS), and is Certified in Thanatology – Death, Dying, and Bereavement (CT).
She earned her Ph.D. in Counselor Education, MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, and MA in Gerontology from Georgia State University. She worked at JF&CS for five years, as a doctoral student and later as a P4P clinician.
Dr. Mize now manages Seek and Find Counseling and Consulting, a small private practice where she provides counseling services to older adults and individuals experiencing grief, bereavement, death anxiety, major life transitions, and suicide ideation and loss. She also serves as a professional consultant and co-author to The Keep/Watch Project, an effort from the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta to equip religious and spiritual communities with suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention response skills. Her research is focused on community-based suicide intervention and prevention efforts with older adults, equipping faith-based communities respond to suicide, and preparing counselors to work with older adult clients.