Option 1

Assisting Individuals in Crisis & Group Crisis Intervention

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A THREE-DAY CLASS

 October 25-27, 2024

This 3-day course combines ALL of the content of ICISF’s Assisting Individuals in Crisis & Group Crisis Intervention courses.

Crisis Intervention is NOT psychotherapy; rather, it is a specialized acute emergency mental health intervention which requires specialized training. As physical first aid is to surgery, crisis intervention is to psychotherapy. Thus, crisis intervention is sometimes called “emotional first aid”. Designed to present the core elements of a comprehensive, systematic and multi-component crisis intervention curriculum, this course will prepare participants to understand a wide range of crisis intervention services for both the individual and for groups. Fundamentals of Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) will be outlined, and participants will leave with the knowledge and tools to provide several group crisis interventions, specifically demobilizations, defusings and the Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD). The need for appropriate follow-up services and referrals when necessary, will also be discussed.

This course is designed for anyone in the fields of Business & Industry Crisis Intervention, Disaster Response, Education, Emergency Services, Employee Assistance, Healthcare, Homeland Security, Mental Health, Military, Spiritual Care, and Traumatic Stress.

Program Highlights:

• Psychological crisis and psychological crisis intervention
• Resistance, resiliency, recovery continuum
• Critical incident stress management
• Evidence-based practice
• Basic crisis communication techniques
• Common psychological and behavioral crisis reactions
• Putative and empirically-derived mechanisms
• SAFER-Revised model
• Suicide intervention
• Relevant research findings
• Large group crisis interventions
• Small group crisis interventions
• Adverse outcome associated with crisis intervention
• Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)

Instructor

Chaplain Paul N. Trumpore, Sr.

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Option 2

Pastoral Crisi Intervention I & II

PCI - I

Pastoral Crisis Intervention may be thought of as the integration of psychological crisis intervention with pastoral perspectives and resources. This newly revised course (previously known as Pastoral Crisis Intervention I & II) is designed to train participants in the use of psychological trauma and intervention techniques. This program does not provide instruction on spirituality or theology. Additionally, more specific advanced concepts and current field applications where pastoral crisis intervention will be covered.

Chaplains, pastoral counselors, mental health professionals, ministers, and anyone interested in the use of faith- based resources in healing or enhancing their skills in responding to individuals in crisis should find this course of interest.

Program Highlights:

• Define crisis intervention, CISM and PCI
• Classify risks and potential adverse reactions
• Recount advance topics in assessment
• Describe principles of basic spiritual first aid
• Discuss PCI with those expressing theodolite concerns
• Describe the incident management system (IMS)
• Illustrate PCI with those expressing suicidal ideation
• Describe PCI with those in acute bereavement
• Describe principles of death notification
• Principles and practices associated with self-care

PCI - II

This course builds on the foundation of ICISF’s Pastoral Crisis Intervention I with more advanced concepts and field applications. Prerequisite: Pastoral Crisis Intervention I.

Program Highlights: 

• Crisis intervention, CISM and PCI
• Risks and potential adverse reactions
• Advance topics in assessment
• Principles of basic spiritual first aid
• PCI with those expressing theodolitic concerns
• The incident management system (IMS)
• PCI with those expressing suicidal ideation
• PCI with those in acute bereavement
• Principles of death notification
• Principles and practices associated with self-care

Instructor

Dr. Edgar Hatcher