Self-care and zoom happy hours aren't enough for some members of our community.   Over the next few weeks our friends, neighbors (both housed and unhoused) and family will be experiencing an increase in mental health symptoms due to isolation and lack of access to basic resources.  Just like the physical health system, mental health professionals are straining to meet the needs of our community.  

We need your help to keep people safe.

This happy hour will cover the basics of mental health risk assessment and safety planning.  The goal is to provide the skills to conduct a basic suicide risk interview, create safety plans and assist crisis professionals in the event of a mental health emergency. 

PUGS and our Virtual Happy Hour speakers have donated their time and platform to make this event possible. If you enjoy the experience and are in a position to donate, we would be delighted if you could support p:ear.

Lindsay Kandra, LPC-I, QMHP works on the Washington County Crisis Team as a crisis mental health clinician.  She is trained in suicide risk assessments, safety planning, and crisis interventions for adults, teens and children, and works daily with law enforcement and hospitals on mental health triage.  She was an attorney in a past life and has additional advanced training in movement based trauma treatments.