This workshop describes the cultivation of well-being through a toolkit of research-based strategies utilized across a continuum of programming at The New Mexico Suicide Intervention Project. A primary objective is to offer how we, in our work at the intersections of suicide prevention, trauma stewardship, and social justice, manage to stay joyful, regulated,connected, present, and resilient. As a facility of higher education, the center trains intern therapist graduate students in social work and counseling. The training program, which is part of the center’s prevention and intervention programming, integrates contemplative practices into its clinical model to enhance healing, therapeutic presence, and resiliency for both clients and clinicians alike. This workshop shares how we manage our own capacity for our compassionate values to be actionable and sustainable while offering participants insight into enhancing their own well-being and increased longevity in the service of individual and collective social justice.
