Assisting Individuals In Crisis

Service Description

January 30 - 31, 2023 Hosted by Flower Mound PD 4150 Kirkpatrick Ln, Flower Mound, TX 75028 0830 hrs to 1700 hrs 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. This course is designed for anyone who desires to increase their knowledge of individual (one-on-one) crisis intervention techniques 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 Risks of iatrogenic “harm”

Cancellation Policy

There will be a small processing fee to cancel/reschedule.

Contact Details

• 4150 Kirkpatrick Lane, Flower Mound, TX, USA