Level II: Pastoral Crisis Intervention (PCI)

Culpeper, VA | October 18-19, 2024

 Early Registration (until 9/25) $195 | Pre-Registration $220 (until 10/16) | At the Door Registration $245

Prerequisite: Level I - Assisting Individuals in Crisis (AIC)

Pastoral Crisis Intervention (PCI) is produced by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) and recognized globally by the UN. This course qualifies for 1.3 CEUs through the University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus.

Pastoral Crisis Intervention may be thought of as the combination of faith-based resources with traditional techniques of crisis intervention. Pastoral crisis intervention represents a powerful addition to traditional community and organizational psychological support resources. The purpose of this two-day course is to assist the participants in learning how pastoral interventions and traditional psychological crisis interventions may be effectively integrated.Chaplains, pastoral counselors, mental health professionals, ministers, and anyone interested in the use of faith-based resources in healing should find this course of interest.

Program Highlights:

• Nature of human crisis
• Nature of crisis intervention
• Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)
• Signs and symptoms of the crisis state
• The "crisis of faith"
• Criteria for phychological triage
• Strategic SAFER-PCI Model
• Common PCI mistakes
• Challenging types of pastoral crisis interventions