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Helping Clients in Crisis
Proficiency in crisis intervention strategies is an essential skill for all helping professionals. Crisis intervention techniques are often used when working with suicidal clients, victims of domestic violence and in disaster relief.
In “Helping Clients in Crisis”, Renee Bradford Garcia, LCSW, reviews crisis t...
Proficiency in crisis intervention strategies is an essential skill for all helping professionals. Crisis intervention techniques are often used when working with suicidal clients, victims of domestic violence and in disaster relief.
In “Helping Clients in Crisis”, Renee Bradford Garcia, LCSW, reviews crisis theory, differences between crisis and trauma, and intervention techniques when working with clients in crisis.
She examines Roberts’ Seve...
Proficiency in crisis intervention strategies is an essential skill for all helping professionals. Crisis intervention techniques are often used when working with suicidal clients, victims of domestic violence and in disaster relief.
In “Helping Clients in Crisis”, Renee Bradford Garcia, LCSW, reviews crisis theory, differences between crisis and trauma, and intervention techniques when working with clients in crisis.
She examines Roberts’ Seven Stages of Crisis Intervention model, and uses this model in her role-play session with a female client who was referred by the National Domestic Violence Hotline after a violent altercation with her long-time partner.
Watch Renee conduct a crisis assessment, establish rapport with her client, identify the major issues, work with feelings and emotions, explore alternatives, and develop an action plan.
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Trauma, PTSD and Trauma-Informed Care
Regardless of the population one serves, helping professionals will most likely come into contact with someone who suffers from trauma. Many times, the presenting problem may be substance abuse, an eating disorder, depression or anxiety, but trauma is at the root of the disturbance.
In “Trauma, PTSD, and Trauma-...
Regardless of the population one serves, helping professionals will most likely come into contact with someone who suffers from trauma. Many times, the presenting problem may be substance abuse, an eating disorder, depression or anxiety, but trauma is at the root of the disturbance.
In “Trauma, PTSD, and Trauma-Informed Care”, Renee Bradford Garcia, LCSW, offers multiple definitions of trauma, including the subjective nature of trauma, comple...
Regardless of the population one serves, helping professionals will most likely come into contact with someone who suffers from trauma. Many times, the presenting problem may be substance abuse, an eating disorder, depression or anxiety, but trauma is at the root of the disturbance.
In “Trauma, PTSD, and Trauma-Informed Care”, Renee Bradford Garcia, LCSW, offers multiple definitions of trauma, including the subjective nature of trauma, complex trauma, historical trauma, and secondary trauma. She reviews PTSD, the four symptom clusters associated with it, as well as treatment options. Finally, she discusses Trauma-Informed Care and the values associated with it.
In a role-play demonstration, Renee works with a client who has come in for an initial session, six weeks after one of her co-workers walked into her workplace, and open fired with an automatic machine gun, killing three people and seriously injuring others. Watch as Renee assess the client for PTSD and uses a Trauma-Informed approach to treatment, including the values of safety, trustworthiness, choice and control, collaboration, and empowerment.
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