Intervening With People in Crisis: A Guide for Clinicians
Program Description
Frequently, mental health and health care practitioners come face to face with clients in
crisis. Whatever the source, the client needs immediate assistance and the practitioner
needs to adequately identify and intervene with these individuals.
This workshop will examine the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary for
effective crisis response, review crisis intervention guidelines, examine triggers and
characteristics of crisis, discuss crisis assessment, and consider models of crisis
intervention.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this workshop, participants should increase their ability to effectively
care for clients by being able to:
1. Identify important elements of crisis;
2. Distinguish crisis from mental illness;
3. Discuss the basic principles of effective crisis intervention;
4. Describe models of crisis intervention;
5. Implement these skills into daily professional practice.
Target Audience
This workshop will be highly beneficial to all mental health and health care practitioners
who want to learn more about crisis and how to intervene with individuals in crisis. This
includes psychologists, social workers, counselors, substance abuse professionals, nurses,
case managers, adult clinicians and therapists, social service professionals, qualified
professionals, community support providers, and all interested others.
Contact Hours
6.0 hours
Program Agenda
8:30 AM
9:00 AM
10:15 AM
10:30 AM
12:00 Noon
1:30 PM
2:45 PM
3:00 PM
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Registration
Definition of Crisis and Sources of Crisis
Common Characteristics Associated with Crisis
Phases of Crisis
Break
Cultural Competencies
Crisis Competencies
Person Centered Planning
Lunch
Crisis Assessment
Suicide Assessment
Break
Models of Crisis Intervention
4:00 PM
Cultural Competency
Adjournment
Faculty
Marty Weems, LCSW, LCAS, CSI is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work. Marty joined the faculty at the
School of Social Work in 2003, and teaches graduate studies in direct practice social
work. Prior to her tenure at the School of Social Work, Marty worked as a treatment
provider, with a focus on substance use disorders. In 2008 she founded e-daptivity
Learning and Performance Solutions, an organizational development company that
specializes in providing services to behavioral healthcare agencies.
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