A Global Mass Traumatic Event: Considerations for Critical Incident Stress Debriefing During the COVID-19 Pandemic

A Global Mass Traumatic Event: Considerations for Critical Incident Stress Debriefing During the COVID-19 Pandemic   Primary Author: Jason Walker Psy.D., Ph.D., CCAC Adjunct Professor, University Canada West (Canada) Miranda Phillips, Ph.D. Dean, Lamar Institute of Technology (USA) Andjelka Stones, Ph.D. Distinguished Adjunct Professor, NorthCentral University (USA) Sandra Harris MA Hereditary Chief, Indigenous Trauma Specialist (Canada) Introduction We have faced … Read More

Stress Management for the Trauma Service Provider

This important course is for all who work with traumatized people. Explore the “Stress Continuum,” the levels of stress including eustress (i.e., beneficial, motivating stress), traumatic stress, burnout, countertransference, compassion fatigue or secondary PTSD, and vicarious traumatization which may occur as a result of helping others. A discussion of coping strategies for those who work with traumatized children will also … Read More

Stress Management for the Trauma Service Provider

Requesting This Course: This course is being offered as a Remote Learning – Virtual Training! Learn More & Register. For information on requesting this course for your organization through our Speakers Bureau program, please contact Millie Morehouse at [email protected]. To check if this course is being offered by an Approved Instructor, search our Event Calendar. Course Description: This important course is … Read More

A Revisit of the 1995 Execution of Timothy McVeigh

“A Revisit of the 1995 Execution of Timothy McVeigh” By: Michael Friedman, ICISF member since 1996 A BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND  I am updating an article I wrote for the Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists that was published in their quarterly newsletter, TRAUMALINES, Issue III, 2001. In 1992, I was living in Tulsa, OK and needed continuing education hours.  My supervisor … Read More

Healthcare Workers and the Resurrection of the Respite Center

Healthcare Workers and the Resurrection of the Respite Center By: Sherry Todd, Phd, LPC, Jennifer Hartman, EdS, LPC, Ashley Laws, LPC University of the Cumberlands Since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic in March 2020, healthcare workers and systems worldwide have been strained in unprecedented ways (Benfante et al., 2020). The pandemic is a collective trauma due … Read More

Spirituality, Silence, Lament & CISM: Lessons to Last a Lifetime

Spirituality, Silence, Lament & CISM: Lessons to Last a Lifetime By: Rev. Heather McDougall, BCC & Rev. Dr. Sarah Samson, BCC Despite being part of a prior generation’s music, Simon & Garfunkel’s 1964 hit single, “The Sound of Silence”, still strikes a chord of truth. Don Saliers, Emory University Professor of Theology, spoke of the prophetic purpose that silence can … Read More

News of Note

Kelly Hall

Crises affect the long term mental health of those in workplaces with high exposure. Help each other! Study Pinpoints Five Most Likely Causes of Post-Traumatic Stress in Police Officers In times of profound unease, crisis intervention services save lives A 911 dispatcher shares his journey with vicarious trauma and burnout Veteran guides others with PTSD to avoid suicidal thoughts

SHINE (Supporting Health in Negative Events) – CISM at Beacon Health Care from a systems & personal perspective

SHINE (Supporting Health in Negative Events) – CISM at Beacon Health Care from a systems & personal perspective By: Kelley Kurtz, Beacan HCS, Manager of Risk Management, Huntington Beach, CA Rev. Heather McDougall, BCC Attempting to launch a new program of any type can be a challenge, especially in health care where things are always changing at light speed. Launching … Read More

A PRIMER ON CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT (CISM)

George S. Everly, Jr., Ph.D., C.T.S. and Jeffrey T. Mitchell, Ph.D., C.T.S. The International Critical Incident Stress Foundation As crises and disasters become epidemic, the need for effective crisis response capabilities becomes obvious. Crisis intervention programs are recommended and even mandated in a wide variety of community and occupational settings (Everly and Mitchell, 1997). Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) represents … Read More