Fredric Matteson  is available for phone consultation or public speaking engagements, or to bring in the CCT Team (Fredric Matteson and CCT Associates) to conduct CCT training and implementation of the CCT program (to include a series of pre-printed wall-sized "maps", "tools", assignments,  handouts and printed information to post, as well as theory, role play, and practical demonstration of the CCT concepts. Contact Us!

The CCT Program is intended to complement and augment pre-existing programs (not to replace them or compete with them) and to provide a Contextual-Conceptual framework which will make them and any suicide prevention program, more efficacious. Read More!

CURRENT & UPCOMING DATES:

1. • THE HOLLYHOCK SUMMER GATHERING
   

An Invitational Leadership Conference

Cortes Island (British Columbia, Canada)

August 7-12, 2011

Event Description:

The Hollyhock Summer Gathering conference is a historically-limited gathering (each summer for the past 25 years) of 70 or so invited attendees who are among the best thinkers, activists and social change agents from around the world. The conference gathers the upcoming leaders and forward thinkers that are involved with social media, technology and the digital world. The annual event also invites progressive investors, philanthropists, activists, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders who influence societal issues."

This is the 25th Anniversary of the Hollyhock Summer Gathering, which began in 1986 as a social experiment in collaborative conference design. The Gathering is part exploration of ideas and strategies and part summer holiday. It brings together a vibrant, diverse group of movers and shakers, social entrepreneurs, educators, healers, artists, and thinkers to explore social transformation and human consciousness.

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Recent Presentations:

1. • SUICIDE IS NOT ABOUT KILLING YOURSELF
   

Going Deeper Into the Suicidal Experience with The Suicidal Person

October 12, 2010

Bainbridge Island, Washington

Guiding the Suicidal Person Using Maps, Models, & Metaphors

A Counterintuitive Approach to Suicidology

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

Fredric Matteson · Founder & Director of CCT

James Hayes & Jason Moran · CCT Associates

Moderators:

Linda Wolf

Author & Founder of Award Winning Nonprofit Organizations Including Teen Talking Circles

Brian C. Riedesel, Ph.D., B.C.E.T.S.

Counseling Psychologist based at the American School of Professional Psychology,

Associate Professor at Argosy University Seattle and the University of Utah.

Towards a better understanding of this underlying problem, please join suicidologist Fredric Matteson to an enlightened evening of informal conversation about this important issue as he shares what he has learned about this underlying problem from working the past two decades with over 16,000 suicidal inpatients.

CCT Associates James Hayes and Jason Moran will join

Fredric Matteson & his associates share how this innovative, educational approach provides a new pathway out of suicide.

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1. •Argosy University
   

April 17, 2010

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

A 3 hour Intro to CCT presentation with the Argosy Ph.D. Psychology students.

1. • The Conceptual-Conceptual Therapy Training in Spain
   

April  28th - May 2nd, 2009

Barcelona, Spain

3 Days & 4 Nights of Cutting-edge Suicide Education Training in One of Europe's Most Sought After Destinations for Historic Beauty, Arts, Culture, & Fun. In this relaxing and inspiring learning environment, enjoy the company of and conversations with an intimate gathering of like-minded international colleagues and fellow clinicians dedicated to suicide prevention.

1. • 12th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behavior (ESSB12)
   

August 27-30, 2008

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND

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In the intervening period, ESSSB has grown to be the largest and most prestigious suicidology conference in Europe and is recognized as one of the most influential in the world. Past symposia have brought together the leading academics, policy-makers and practitioners from across the globe and ESSSB12’s theme of Working Together to Prevent Suicide: Research, Policy & Practice continues this interdisciplinary collaboration.

1. • National Health Service Trust(NHS) of  England and The University of Essex  
   

September 3, 2008

ESSEX, ENGLAND

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An all-day conference on Contextual-Conceptual Therapy, an innovative educational model for helping suicidal individuals using "maps, models, & metaphors". It is being sponsored by the National Health Service of England, Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP), and the University of Essex

1. • Aeschi Conference
   

March 1 – 4 , 2006

AESCHI, SWITZERLAND

1. • American Association of  Suicidology  Conference
   

April 28 – May 1, 2006

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

1. • International Society for Theoretical Psychology
   

June 18 – 22, 2007

TORONTO, CANADA