Advanced training that transforms how you support people
A world-first, consumer-centred approach to suicide prevention that improves consumer experience, professional wellbeing, and reduces deaths by suicide.
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Advanced Clinical Training
Evidence-based training in suicide prevention, psychological assessment, perinatal wellbeing, and bereavement resilience — designed for health professionals.
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Access clinical supervision, workshops, and consultancy from Dr Helen Stallman and the Care · Collaborate · Connect team.
Contact us to discuss your needsAn Australian-developed, world-first approach
Care · Collaborate · Connect is fundamentally different from traditional risk-based approaches. Our framework puts the consumer at the centre and builds on their innate strengths.
- Consumer-centred — care designed around the person, not the system
- Needs-based — responding to what people actually need, not just risk profiles
- Strengths-focused — we recognise that asking for help is a strength and a sign of hopefulness
- Evidence-based — grounded in peer-reviewed research with demonstrated outcomes
Training Programs
Evidence-based programs for health professionals.
Suicide Prevention
Consumer-centred, evidence-based training to support people in distress — including those experiencing suicidality.
The Science and Art of Psychological Assessment
Conduct psychological assessments that are holistic and link to the best treatment for the cause of problems.
Perinatal Wellbeing
Bereavement Resilience
Learn an evidence-based treatment to help people recovering from distressing grief.
Why Health Professionals Changed to Care · Collaborate · Connect
The Problem: Traditional Risk Triage Failed Help-Seekers
Traditional suicide prevention relied on predicting risk—categorising people into arbitrary tiers (low, medium, or high risk). Meta-analyses have proven that suicide risk assessments cannot accurately predict suicide, meaning probability-based models inherently accepted that some people were miscategorised, harmed, or died by suicide.
Risk categorisation directly dictated the care provided. Instead of receiving immediate, practical support, help-seekers faced tick-box checklists, long waits, and forced interventions aimed at managing clinician and service liability.
Consumers explicitly stated that this approach caused harm. Being treated as a “risk to manage” made them feel judged, dismissed, and mistrusted—destroying hope and causing many to mistrust healthcare providers and avoid asking for help in future crises.
Accepting that some lives fell through the cracks of an inaccurate risk formula was unacceptable.
The Solution: A World-First, Needs-Based Pioneer
Developed in 2016 to address this critical unmet need, Care · Collaborate · Connect was the world’s first needs-based, strengths-focused paradigm designed to replace outdated risk assessments.
Grounded in the Health Theory of Coping, the model reframes asking for help as an invitation to support, not a liability to manage.
Every life matters. A needs-based framework discards risk probabilities to ensure every individual’s unique needs for support are met in the moment.
Proven Evaluation Results
Evaluation of the Care · Collaborate · Connect training demonstrated significant, measurable impact:
- Improved Skills & Confidence: Participants showed significant improvements in suicide prevention knowledge, positive attitudes, clinical confidence, and self-care.
- Effective Across All Experience Levels: The training was equally transformative for both early-career professionals and experienced clinicians.
- Aligned with Service Priorities: Qualitative feedback showed near-universal endorsement, with organisations confirming the framework seamlessly aligned with their core values and service delivery goals.
Most importantly, consumers report positive healthcare experiences including feeling understood, supported, and able to cope.
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