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CISM Individual Crisis Intervention

Equipping peers to support individuals following a critical incident

Assisting Individuals in Crisis Course Description

Crisis intervention is not the same as psychotherapy; it is a specialized emergency mental health intervention that requires specific training. Similar to how physical first aid is to surgery, crisis intervention is to psychotherapy, often referred to as “emotional first aid.” This program is designed to teach participants the fundamentals and specific protocols of individual crisis intervention. It is suitable for those wanting to enhance their knowledge of one-on-one crisis intervention techniques in fields such as Business & Industry, Crisis Intervention, Disaster Response, Education, Emergency Services, Employee Assistance, Healthcare, Homeland Security, Mental Health, Military, Spiritual Care, and Traumatic Stress.

What Participants will Learn

  • How to communicate to someone who has been through a crisis situation with active listening skills

  • How to recognize the common psychological reactions people experience in the wake of critical incidents

  • Why the CISM model of assisting individuals in crisis works to lessen the impact of a traumatic event

  • Understand and apply the SAFER-Revised model of individual crisis intervention to support peers

  • Understand and apply the SAFER-Revised model of crisis intervention with suicidal individuals

  • The nature and definitions of a psychological crisis and psychological crisis intervention

  • Basic crisis communication techniques

  • Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)

Two-Day Course

Participants will receive an ICISF Certificate of Attendance that offers general Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from by University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Department of Emergency Health Services Professional and Continuing Education (PACE).

Assisting Individuals in Crisis will prepare you to provide emotional first aid to your peers who are having difficulty bouncing back from a difficult experience

Caring for one another. It's what it's all about.

Schedule a complimentary consultation and learn how our peer support and CISM training programs can benefit your organization. Let us help you create a supportive and resilient work environment.

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