Individual Crisis Intervention + Peer Support

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”.  This program is designed to teach participants the fundamentals of, and a specific protocol for, individual crisis intervention.  Designed for anyone wishing to increase their knowledge and skills of individual (one-on-one) crisis intervention techniques.

Program Highlights

• Psychological crisis and psychological crisis intervention
• Resistance, resiliency, recovery continuum
• Basic crisis communication techniques
• SAFER-Revised model for crisis intervention
• Assessment for triage and referral
• Practical applications of individual crisis intervention