Crisis Intervention Seminar (Udemy.com)
The emphasis is on the development of fundamental clinical skills in the area of crisis intervention
Created by: Paul R. King
Last updated January 2013
What you will learn
- Crisis Intervention Theory
- Emergency Assessment
- Depression
- Suicide and Suicide Risk Assessment
- Psychosis
- Anxiety Disorders
- Approaches to Crisis Counselling
- Intervening with the Crisis Prone Person
- Hospitalization and Involuntary Psychiatric Admission
How it compares
Against the other 1,210 rated Udemy courses in Business on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 27% of them
- Reviews1,081#434 of 1,211 by number of reviews
- Length2.4 hoursshorter than 57% of them
- Last updatedJanuary 2013earlier than 100% of them
Course Description
This presentation delivers practical and pragmatic information that will be useful to a wide variety of service providers who encounter clients in crisis. The emphasis is on the development of fundamental clinical skills in the area of crisis intervention, and the curriculum will be relevant to such practitioners as physicians, service providers and students in the counseling, mental health and corrections fields, nurses, clergy, police officers, individuals employed in social service occupations, guidance counselors and special services providers in the educational system, and others who encounter clients in crisis.
Curriculum
Supplemented Through Presentation of More Than 100 Graphics
Crisis Intervention Theory
- Emotional Homeostasis
- Components of a Crisis
- Five Characteristics of a Crisis
- Approaching the Assessment: 10 General Guidelines
- The Assessment Protocol: Relevant Information:Eight Sections
- Psychological Signs of Depression
- Vegetative Signs of Depression
- Three General Considerations Pertaining to Depression
- Statistics
- Increasing Risk: Recent Trends: Three Groups
- Seven Demographic Variables of Relevance to Suicide Risk
- The Importance of Suicidal History in Determining Risk
- Dynamics of Suicide: Four Considerations
- Eight Clinical Predictors of Suicide Risk
- The Importance of Ambivalence in Intervening with Suicidal Clients
- Impaired Reality Testing
- The Quality of Psychotic Phenomena: Four Considerations
- Intervening with Psychotic Clients: Four Considerations
- Emotional / Physiological and Cognitive Components of Anxiety
- Cyclical Nature of Anxiety Reactions
- Two Key Diagnostic Questions
- Four Specific Anxiety Disorders
- Two Important Clinical Perspectives Relating to Anxiety
- Goal of Crisis Counselling
- Crisis Counselling Conducted Through a Seven Question Process (Illustrated with...a Concrete Example)
- Clinical – Demographic Profile: Three Considerations
- Clinical Considerations in Working with the Crisis Prone Person: Four Parameters
- Four Negative Aspects of Psychiatric Hospitalization
- Basis for Decision to Admit a Client to Hospital
- Three Clinical Circumstances Suggesting Admission
- General Parameters Relating to Involuntary Psychiatric Admission
- Three General Clinical Considerations
Instructor Details
- 4.4 Rating
1,081 Reviews
Paul R. King
Dr. Paul King has presented live seminars on crisis intervention on 92 occasions, since 1990. More than 5,400 people, residing in 45 communities in eight Canadian provinces and four American states, have attended seminars on crisis intervention delivered by Dr. King.
Dr. Paul R. King is a registered psychologist who provides clinical psychological services on a private practice basis in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. Prior to entering full time private practice in 1994, Dr. King was chief psychologist at North Bay Psychiatric Hospital, a 310 bed psychiatric facility, and adjunct professor at the School of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Ottawa.
Dr. King earned a Ph.D. in Clinical and Counselling Psychology in 1985, from York University. He obtained his registration with the College of Psychologists of Ontario in 1986, and is a past council member of that organization.
Dr. King has provided psychological services of a clinical nature in agency, hospital and private practice environments, to both inpatients and outpatients, to children, adolescents and adults, and to persons presenting a broad spectrum of difficulties. Current clinical activities include the provision of counselling and psychotherapy services to children, adolescents and adults. Dr. King also presently provides assessment and consultative services to two agencies, serving children, adolescents and adults, in Northeastern Ontario.
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Reviews
By Janice Munoz on 3/20/2024
To reach others and help the homeless to be a good samaritan in this distressed economical world. I myself live from check to check and to be depressed is a part of life, but you have to go on and look at each day as a new beginning. This course is an immense education for me, and I would like to share this course with others. I currently am taking a course to be a CHW and I believe helping others is helping myself. Thank you.
By Paula Mesaris on 11/1/2023
I am taking the course as a first line supervisor and am getting benefit out of the warning signs and how to communicate properly in the event of a crisis until I can get the person to our mental health professional team. The video quality is a bit static so that's why I didn't give the 5 stars.
By Erika Lebron on 9/29/2021
There was a lot of very valuable information in this course. However, by looking at the video quality, it does appear to be old, from the 80s or 90s I'd say. I'd like a more up-to-date course with more recent findings in crisis intervention research. Still, it is a valuable course to take.
By Jennifer Richardson on 8/14/2021
I am a clinical Supervisor in the filed of Addictions. Crisis is often part of my everyday work. The detail with which the presenter taught the various steps, was eye opening and helps me to better label the steps I do routinely, each time crisis presents in the life of my clients. Thank you
By Christian Toth on 3/18/2021
To be quite honest, a major concern of mine is that this material seems to be over 20 years old. In order to serve our clients well we need to make sure that we are updating and in addition, making it useful to those outside of the country mentioned, and providing more instances when the client does not act as expected.
By Dawn Upfold on 1/26/2021
Clear, logical and deeply compassionate material, well-presented. I'm an alternative health professional who discovered that these skills are sometimes necessary to have for clients that must then be referred out to mental health professionals. Thank you Dr. King.
By Chamika Block on 7/13/2020
I purchased this course to fill in gaps in my experience. While I have come into contact with crisis situations, I have typically had the support of supervisors or other colleagues. As I transition into a solo practitioner space, I felt it important to address this gap in a meaningful way. This course was able to provide theoretical, and practical knowledge. I am confident that I will be able to retain and implement this information in real life situations. I have already recommended this course to others in my practitioner network.
By Sir Lord Randall Paul Haffley on 4/19/2019
bloody guid awesum indepth clear an blithe mode an very deeply impacting due tae his slow comprehendable explanations ye can jis sense an hear his emotional subtle concern fir persons wi adverse , maladaptive circumstances an clients . ;-) and luv'd his mention an theroy by gerald caplan on emotional homeostasis .
By Nicole Jahner on 4/11/2019
I find this interesting and although I felt knowledge on topic was well articulated, relevant, and applicable, I had issues viewing the program, which was no fault of udemy, but just personally made it difficult for me. This was my first course through Udemy, and I would definitely take more in future, I have already chosen a few for future knowledge.
By Chris Vanasse on 9/14/2013
Dr. King's presentation on Crisis intervention was very thorough and thought provoking. Useful in clinical settings but also useful for the layperson. Dr. King breaks down the problem solving skills needed by a crisis intervention counselor. He speaks of the assessment process,stages of a crisis, the characteristics of such, suicidal ideation, depression, anxiety, and psychosis. and also when there is a need for hospitalization, and much more. But the presentation would not be complete without the clinical counseling .techniques that Dr. King speaks about including communication skills. I would recommend this seminar to anyone, professional or layperson. It will be well worth the time and effort to take notes and listen carefully. There is so much learn.... and I teach about psychiatric illness myself. But yes, I learned much too. Thank you, Dr. King!
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