Pastoral Crisis Intervention
For chaplains, pastoral counselors, mental health professionals, ministers, and anyone interested in the use of faith-based resources in healing or enhancing their skills in responding to individuals in crisis
Rev. Jules Taylor
Wednesday to Friday, September 27 – 29, 2023, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Central
Online
Cost: $450
Registration is closed
Pastoral Crisis Intervention may be thought of as the integration of psychological crisis intervention with pastoral perspectives and resources. This newly revised course (previously known as Pastoral Crisis Intervention I & II) is designed to train participants in the use of psychological trauma and intervention techniques. This program does not provide instruction on spirituality or theology. Additionally, more specific advanced concepts and current field applications where pastoral crisis intervention will be covered.
Chaplains, pastoral counselors, mental health professionals, ministers, and anyone interested in the use of faith- based resources in healing or enhancing their skills in responding to individuals in crisis should find this course of interest.
Program Highlights:
- Define crisis intervention, CISM and PCI
- Classify risks and potential adverse reactions
- Recount advance topics in assessment
- Describe principles of basic spiritual first aid
- Discuss PCI with those expressing theodical concerns
- Describe the incident management system (IMS)
- Illustrate PCI with those expressing suicidal ideation
- Describe PCI with those in acute bereavement
- Describe principles of death notification
- Principles and practices associated with self-care
Since 2001, Rev. Jules Taylor has been a Unitarian Universalist minister specializing in pastoral & spiritual care, critical incident response, and community ministry. Jules is a sought-after speaker, teacher, and author, and is on the national faculty of the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation as well as Senior Director of Contextual Ministry and affiliate professor at Meadville Lombard. In service to the community, Rev. Jules is a chaplain (Capt) with the New York Air National Guard and is a responder with the UU Trauma Response Ministry.
