Prevent Suicide NJ is dedicated to providing support to the greater New Jersey community. In addition to the information on the Suicide Prevention Resources page, we offer this free directory guide of mental health and suicide prevention trained professionals who have taken our various trainings. These providers all accept public and private insurance or provide services at a reduced or no cost. Please contact the individual provider for coverage details.

Disclaimer: The following list of mental health professionals and resources is provided for informational purposes only. Inclusion on this list does not constitute an endorsement, recommendation, or guarantee of services. Each provider listed is an independent entity, and it is important to conduct your own research, verify credentials, and ensure that the provider aligns with your personal needs and preferences. Individuals on this list have reported completion of a variety of suicide prevention and intervention trainings, please review each individuals’ credentials.

By using this referral list, you acknowledge that any communication or engagement with the listed providers is solely between you and the provider. The individuals and

organizations, including NJAAP and New Jersey’s Department of Health, that created or maintain this list do not assume any responsibility for the outcomes of your mental health care, nor do they hold liability for the services provided by these professionals.

If you are in immediate crisis or experiencing a mental health emergency, please seek immediate help by contacting 911 for medical emergency and 988 for a mental health crisis.

• Live trainings:
  • Attachment Based Family Therapy (ABFT): family therapy model training specifically designed to target family and individual processes associated with adolescent suicide and depression (Levels 1 – 3)
  • Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS): evidence-based training to treat people suffering from serious thoughts of self-harm using the CAMS Framework.
  • Safety Planning Intervention (SPI): collaborative intervention training between the clinician and the individual that aims to mitigate acute risk.
• Online Trainings:
  • Assessing Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ): suicide risk screening tool training for use among both youth and adults. Screening identifies individuals that require further mental health/suicide safety assessment. ASQ trainings assist with this management plan, aids implementation of suicide risk screening, and provides tools for the management of patients who are found to be at risk.
  • Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM): this training educates how to reduce access to the methods people use to attempt suicide.
  • Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (CSSRS): training that supports suicide risk screening through a series of simple, plain-language questions that anyone can ask. The answers help users identify whether someone is at risk for suicide, determine the severity and immediacy of that risk, and gauge the level of support that the person needs
  • Warning Signs
  • Risk & Protective Factors
  • School-Related Epidemiology

• Fill out THIS form to request to be added. This form is provider specific. Please do not fill out this form for your entire organization.

• Please note: In order to be added to this behavioral health directory list, you must complete one or more of the trainings above and upload certificates of completion to your profile and take public insurance or provide services at a reduced or no cost. The online, self-paced trainings can be accessed on the Online Training Center. View the Events page or please email: info@preventsuicidenj.org for questions about upcoming live trainings.