Mental Health Academy

Overall, each year of the Suicide Prevention Summit is just amazing and an incredible learning environment. I continue to be in awe of the work Pedro, and his team do to make this summit one of the best and to be able to provide it for free is truly a work of love. I can't wait until next year's summit. Thank you so much!

This is a cost effective and time wise way to gain needed practice knowledge and continuing education hours.

I am impressed and grateful that a company like Yours would provide this quality content at no charge to those that are in the helping profession across the world. I know this is a sacrifice for you. It says something about your spirit and character to me. Incredibly grateful! Ron Cathey.

Valuable information – This summit has very experienced professionals. And being online makes it easy to wear earbuds to move about freely.

This summit highlighted different factors related to suicide, from childhood to the elderly. It included key issues such as domestic abuse and racial bias. The presenters were very knowledgeable and presented in their own unique styles which was pleasing to see from a cultural perspective. The ability to care and show interest in suicide… Read more

prevention has no prejudices with race, social status, etc. I think the delivery was easy enough to follow but English is my first language so that may be an advantage. I thought the content was very relevant and applicable to current realities. I commend Mental Health Academy, and in particular Pedro and Greg for their wonderful hosting, for this opportunity and putting together this extraordinary range of experts to impart their knowledge and findings in a professional manner. This was an intense but enriching summit and I look forward to similar presentations in the future. Thank you and congratulations on coordinating and executing a successful summit! I am from Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean.

The 2026 suicide prevention summit offered by the Mental Health Academy satisfies continuing education units (CEUs) for suicide and live webinars for mental health professionals and others working in the field. The summit spanned 4-5 days and was a global event. There were 20 speakers, 5 per day, 1 hour each presentation with usually a ½ hour… Read more

break in between presentations. You could pick and choose what sessions to join at the designated time. For me in mountain time, I was able to join Wednesday/Thursday 5:00 PM – 12:30 AM, Thursday/Friday 5:00 PM - 12:30 AM and Sunday 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM. I didn’t attend the presentations on Saturday. I was able to join on my phone or computer after I registered and signed in. Registration was free or $20 in the United States if you wanted access to the presentation and notes. I received my certificate of attendance a few hours after the presentation and following my evaluation of that presentation. I found the registration process, joining the summit and receiving CEUs to be smooth, including for those who are not tech savvy. The morning of the summit, I would get a reminder email with a link to join. I found the presentations to be excellent quality. I had a number of favorites. If I had to pick one, it would be Dr. John Sommers-Flanagan and his talk on The Bad News Brain: Five Psychological Truths on Why It’s So Damn Hard to Focus on the Positive. Presenters and attendees were from all over the globe and in different time zones. Each presentation addressed suicide from different perspectives, in different age groups, settings and populations. I learned more than what I knew was possible to learn about suicide and I am better and sadder for it. I am grateful to the Mental Health Academy for offering a summit close to the time when licensed clinicians need to renew their license, on a topic that is required by licensing boards and is very relevant to the mental health condition across the globe. I am grateful that this summit was free or extremely low cost. I’m sure that encouraged many people who wouldn’t have otherwise joined to attend and benefit from the summit. Thank you Mental Health Academy, presenters, facilitators and staff working behind the scenes who dedicate time and resources to suicide prevention and educating mental health workers.

I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to attend the Suicide Prevention Summit hosted by Mental Health Academy (MHA). The Summit provides an invaluable professional development opportunity for professionals working across counselling, mental health and therapeutic professions, particularly through its accessible low-cost and no-cost… Read more

professional development opportunities.

The breadth and quality of the presentations provide enormous opportunities for learning, reflection and professional growth. The Summit offers a generous range of informative, valuable and thought-provoking sessions delivered by reputable and experienced professionals within the mental health sector.

I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to Pedro for his commitment and dedication to organising these Summits and for creating accessible professional development opportunities for others working within the sector.

A highly recommended and worthwhile professional development experience. Thank you, MHA and Pedro, for supporting ongoing learning and professional growth. ️

I really enjoy these Mental Health Academy summits. It is hard for me to get CEU hours at conferences and workshops. I also like how that highlight one topic and focus all sessions on this topic to give us many different strategies and resources to uilize in our practice.

In a near-lifetime of both giving and participating in professional mental health trainings, I have never seen an organization that has so expertly synthesized superb training options, with pedagogical rigour and technical finesses. Mental Health Academy is a pitch-perfect clinician's dream. I say this without any overstatement and with much appreciation and respect.

I was so happy to hear that our time with the recorded CEUs has been extended to Halloween 2026! Thank you SO much. Life has been so busy, and I was worried I wasn't going to be able to take advantage of all the recordings. I have DEPENDED on this platform and these summits for so many of my CEUs for renewals. Thank you so much for everything that… Read more

you do in the background for us clinicians; and THANK YOU for making these SO affordable and even FREE. That is AMAZING. Please don't ever change.

The 2026 Working with aaddictions Summit had significant technology problems that prevented me from participating in it live, which I paid for. That was very disappointing. Great content, but I had to watch it after the event was done.

WE could use more MENTAL HELP to avert SUICIDE – Despite internet glitches and repeated misinformation/terminology, such as mental "health", "symptoms" (there aren't any; psychic symbolism, but not symptoms reflecting physiological, not psychosomatic dysfunction) and non-current, under-representation of the psychosocial science that grounds mental HELP, the conference was FREE.

Somewhat disappointed – I learned a few things from the recent summit, but I was very disappointed that you gave a platform for a clinician to speak and Internal Family Systems with people who use substances who was not trained in that modality. That seems disingenuous and misleading.

It was easily the best compilation of world experts, using the latest peer reviewed research data, covering the one of the most difficult subjects in mental health with compassion, empathy and stellar professionalism. Every single training was well prepared and full of relevant insight and content. The presentations on childhood suicide and… Read more

military suicide were extremely impactful and helpful. I highly recommend this training to anyone providing services in health care. Kudos to the Mental Health Academy. I look forward to future trainings. STP MBA Health Care Management CDCS

I enjoyed the Mental Health Academy summit. The presentations were highly relevant to our field, and the speakers brought a great mix of genuine passion and deep expertise to every topic.

I really like MHA’s platform and how easy it is to register for events. Their website works great on desktop and mobile when I’m watching live trainings and recordings. I learned about them through the American Association of Suicidology. I’m not positive all licensing boards would accept their continuing education units, but I still pay for them because they have legitimate scholars and relevant learning objectives for their trainings.

Each year, the Suicide Summit brings together experts across the field of suicide prevention and understanding. Our office has already made a change to our messaging regarding suicide due to the up to date research presented at this year's summit. I cannot overstate the value of this offering.

Highly qualified speakers who demonstrate knowledge and care and compassion for mental health clients. I took away some great information that I can immediately implement into my private practice to help clients!

The content relevance, presentation, ease of site use for viewing content later, and Q&A are something I look forward to every year. They make it so easy to complete CEUs as well for exceptional value. Highly recommend!

I appreciate the flexibility of on demand learning. The quality of the selected presenters are superb. The knowledge, experience, and expertise of the presenters is excellent.

The Suicide Prevention Summit 2026 was among my best investments of the year. I really appreciated the broad cross-section of speakers with gold standard expertise and a range of creative ideas for working with this presentation in the modern day. Thank you.

I love that this summit is offered each year, it gives me an amazing opportunity to increase my understanding of suicide prevention across various clients, backgrounds, and situations. I haven't found any other CE opportunity that offers so much information at such an incredibly low price point. thank you for making this summit a reality!

I accessed all the materials a few weeks after the summit and found the experience incredibly easy and helpful. The videos were of high quality, easy to access, and everything worked seamlessly. The content of each session was extremely valuable, offering different perspectives and insights on the subject. I truly appreciated the effort that went… Read more

into organising the summit and the quality of the material provided.

I wish there were more summits like this covering other topics! I particularly loved being able to access all the recordings after the event, as I wasn’t able to attend any of the sessions live.

Congratulations on a fantastic initiative and a job very well done!

The quality and strength of each presenter was excellent. It was easy to access, and every link worked well, which contributed to the overall experience. Thank you again :)