3-days of “Basic Peer Training” / Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) that combines Assisting Individuals in Crisis and Group Crisis Intervention for new Peer Support members. Assisting Individuals in Crisis trains the peer to provide Peer Support and Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) interventions (if needed) during Individual or “1 on 1” interactions. Group Crisis…
This 3-day course combines ALL 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…