Synopses & Reviews
This practical nuts-and-bolts guide provides students with the skills necessary to handle any crisis situation. The text utilizes the comprehensive and effective ABC Model of Crisis Intervention that can be used as effectively for day-to-day interactions as for emergency situations. Addressing such crises as drug abuse, secondary PTSD, crisis worker burnout, AIDS, suicide, death and dying, Alzheimers and victimization and abuse, A GUIDE TO CRISIS INTERVENTION is useful for both students and practitioners.
About the Author
Kristi Kanel has 25 years of clinical experience. She brings to her students, clients, and readers knowledge from working at a battered women's shelter, at a free clinic, for a health maintenance organization, in private practice, and for a county mental health agency. In these various work settings, she has seen many types of clients with whom she has used an integrative approach to counseling. Dr. Kanel also has been an educator since 1983, teaching at several community colleges and a state university, and has taught doctoral students at professional schools of psychology as well. She has been teaching crisis intervention courses since 1986. This book is a result of all of these experiences.
Table of Contents
1. What is a Crisis? 2. Crisis Intervention. 3. The ABC Model of Crisis Intervention. 4. Ethical and Professional Issues. 5. When Crisis is a Danger. 6. Developmental Crises. 7. Cultural Sensitivity in Crisis Intervention. 8. Crises of Loss. 9. AIDS. 10. Substance Abuse. 11. PTSD and Crises of Victimization. Conclusion and Final Thoughts. References.