Crisis Intervention Model

In chapter four, the opening paragraph began by speaking on the importance of listening skills. Listening skills are a major component of the crisis intervention model. The preferred model for effective listening comes from person-centered counseling. I thought that was interesting because I know that person-centered therapy identifies that each person has the capacity and desire for personal growth and change. This could be beneficial for individuals going through a crisis. One that is important even in regular counseling is clients needing to understand in certain situations that may be nothing normal about their feeling, acting, and thinking in a crisis situation, however; it is certainly common to most people. The chapter listed guidelines …show more content…
Early on in crisis intervention the use of “we” is not advised because it implies not only the interventionist’s thoughts but others’ as well. It also discussed disowned statements and the importance of counselors being willing to own confusion or frustration. Owning confusion and attempting to eliminate it is a trust-reinforcing event for two reasons: (1) both client and worker can reduce the need to pretend or fake understanding of one another and begin to see more clearly where communications are getting crossed, and (2) the client can begin to become actively involved with the worker in an attempt to work together. Being a counselor can be a humbling experience, you have to be honest when you are confused and not be too prideful to ask the client for clarification.
The chapter talked about the nine strategies used in crisis intervention created by Myer and James. They are creating awareness, allowing catharsis, providing support, promoting expansion, promoting mobilization, emphasizing focus, providing guidance, implementing order, providing protection. When these nine strategies are used with the basic verbal skills, they form the backbone of crisis intervention techniques. I learned that by using them with the Triage Assessment Form, interventionists should have a comprehensive assessment of how they are doing as they move the client through the …show more content…
It is its own overarching task. The crisis worker safeguards clients from engaging in harmful, destructive, detrimental, and unsafe feelings, behaviors, and thoughts that may be psychologically or physically injurious or lethal to themselves or others. This is a similar concept in Mental Health Counseling. According to Rogers, the most effective helper is one who can provide three necessary and sufficient conditions for client growth. These conditions are empathy, genuineness, and acceptance. If these conditions of empathy, genuineness, and acceptance can be provided for the client, then the probability that the client will experience positive emotional movement is