Safety planning template

A structured, collaborative safety plan based on the Stanley–Brown Safety Planning Intervention — the evidence-based standard for suicide prevention.

This stays in your browser. Nothing here is saved to Meridian. Complete it collaboratively with your client, then print or copy it to share — keeping their information off the platform.

1. Warning signs

Thoughts, images, mood, situations, or behaviors that signal a crisis may be developing.

2. Internal coping strategies

Things I can do on my own to take my mind off problems — without contacting another person.

3. People & social settings that provide distraction

Names and places that help me shift focus and feel steadier.

4. People I can ask for help

Trusted people I can reach out to when I need support.

5. Professionals & agencies I can contact during a crisis

Clinicians, on-call lines, and local crisis services.

6. Making the environment safe

Steps to reduce access to means and create a safer space.

7. What's most important to me — reasons for living

The people, values, and hopes worth holding onto.