Crisis intervention

1. Crisis intervention

2. Grief
Kubler-Ross (1969)
• Denial
• Anger
• Bargaining
• Depression
• Acceptance

3. Crisis
• Crisis is a state of disequilibrium resulting
from the interaction of an event with the
individual’s or family’s coping
mechanism’s, which are inadequate to meet
the demands of the situation, combined with
the individual’s or family’s perception of the
meaning of the event. (Taylor 1982).

4. Types
• Maturational crisis
• Situational crisis
• Social crisis

5. Resolution of crisis
• Pseudo-resolution
• Unsuccessful resolution
• Successful resolution

6. Crisis intervention
• Is a technique used to help an individual or
family to understand and cope with the
intense feelings that are typical of a crisis.

7. Intervention
• Steps to provide a correct cognitive perception
– Assessment of the situation
– Defining the event
– Develop a plan of action
• Steps to assist the victim in managing the
intense feelings
– Helping the individual to be aware of the feelings
– Help the individual to attain mastery over the
feelings

8. Thank you