Crisis Intervention Strategies

Download or read book Crisis Intervention Strategies written by Richard James and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2016-02-19 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the authors’ extensive experience in crisis intervention and teaching crisis intervention courses, this authoritative text presents the latest skills and techniques for handling crisis situations. CRISIS INTERVENTION STRATEGIES, 8th Edition features the authors’ task model, which illustrates and elucidates the process of dealing with people in crisis. Using this model, the authors build specific strategies for handling a myriad of different crisis situations, accompanied in many cases with dialogue that a practitioner might use when working with the individual in crisis. Two new chapters systematically illuminate the topics of families in crisis and legal and ethical issues in crisis intervention. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.