Course Description 

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

Pastoral Crisis Intervention (PCI) is the second of three consecutive FBFR courses.  PCI may be thought of as the combination of faith-based resources with traditional techniques of crisis intervention. PCI 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

**This training is a full two days of instruction (all day Friday and all day Saturday), utilizing nationally and internationally recognized course material through the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, Inc. (ICISF).  This course qualifies for 1.3 CEUs through the University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus.