COURSE DESCRIPTION: Chaplaincy is a cutting-edge ministry that allows one to reach out to—not only the faith community but the secular community as well. Though looked upon as spiritual, a chaplain’s primary purpose is secular in nature, for he/she can provide crisis...
core
Providing & Applying Self-Care (1-day)
COURSE DESCRIPTION: As chaplains, pastors or church volunteers, if we are not careful, we risk burnout. It is our deep caring nature and heart for others that leads us to serve those in need. Continual service to others who are in a crisis is a tremendous blessing but...
Grip of Grief and Trauma (2-Day)
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Perhaps the greatest mission field of the 21st century is the field of grief and trauma. Grief is to suffer due to some type of loss. Often, that loss is caused by a very traumatic event. A person in trauma often lives with the recurrent,...
Ministering to the Suffering
COURSE DESCRIPTION: When people have suffered trauma and loss, they often feel as if they are all alone in their suffering. Their world has been turned upside down. The solid footing they had before the trauma is no longer solid. Trauma can affect them in many...
Combined Group & Individual Crisis Intervention (3-day) – ICISF
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This 3-day course combines ALL the content of Assisting Individuals in Crisis and Group Crisis Intervention courses. Designed to present the core elements of a comprehensive, systematic and multi-component crisis intervention curriculum, this...
Group Crisis Intervention – ICISF
COURSE DESCRIPTION: 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...
Assisting Individuals in Crisis – ICISF
COURSE DESCRIPTION: 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...