Education & Courses

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 Educational Two-Day Course: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. 

Program Highlights:

• Define the CIPP model
• Define terms in the field of peer support & crisis intervention
• Enhance skills in SAMSHA peer para counseling eight dimensions guidelines. Review Empathy versus Sympathy as a core principal of connection-Theresa Wiseman/Four Principles of Empathy- Perspective Taking/ Stay out of judgement, recognize emotions, communication.
• Define Mental health, addiction & trauma related disorders
• Define Peers as prevention educators
• Define Psychological First Aid
• Identify National, & community behavioral healthcare & human service resources
• Define CIPP episode of care

 Educational Two-Day Course: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. 

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”

 Educational Two-Day Course: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 

Program Highlights

• Relevant research findings
• Relevant recommendations for practice
• Incident assessment
• Strategic intervention planning
• “Resistance, resilience, recovery” continuum
• Large group crisis interventions
• Small group crisis interventions
• Adverse outcome associated with crisis intervention
• Reducing risks
• Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)

 Educational Three-Day Course: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 

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
• Relevant research findings
• Large group crisis interventions
• Small group crisis interventions
• Adverse outcome associated with crisis intervention
• Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)

Educational Two-Day Course: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. 

Program Highlights:

Advanced Practices in this field

• 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
• Grief Conversations

One day course 8.30am - 3pm

Program Highlights:

• Critical Incident Stress Management
• Resilience
• Trauma understanding
• Interactive groups
• PTSD Vs PTSi Vs CiS

4 - 8 hour course - Times to suit 

 Program Highlights:

• How we process stressful experiences 
• Resilience
• Compassion fatigue
• Motivation - What would Ted Lasso do?
• Vicarious Trauma

This one day program is for anyone who wants to learn about suicide and assist those in crisis.

This allows you to increase you're awareness and arm you with entry level skills to respond to someone considering Suicide.

You will be able to recognize the risk factors and refer to further assistance.

Our work places have become complex and fractured. Normal ways that we know may have changed forever, and although we may want a return to what we used to know, we have had to change and develop.

Relationships have become strained and maybe distant.

Let's learn together how these changes have affected us and how to find new ways to deal with them.

Is there flexibility in the times? Yes, all courses can be tailored to your needs.

Are materials provided? All course books will be provided.

When will I get my certificates? On completion of the certificate programs

Can you come to my facility? Yes, as long as the space is suitable for the participants.

Is food provided? Snacks and beverages may be provided at some locations, lunch is down to each individual.