The Process Of Crisis Intervention

In the module I learned that crisis intervention is not an easy task. “Crisis intervention refers to the methods used to offer immediate, short-term help to individuals who experience an event that produces emotional, mental, physical, and behavioral distress or problems”(). The process of crisis intervention was best understood by me when i found the SAFER-R Individual Crisis Intervention Roadmap. This breaks down crisis intervention into five steps: Stabilize, Acknowledge, Facilitate understanding, Encourage adaptive coping, and Restore functioning or refer. Stabilize includes: assessing the impact of the situation on the victim, and Building a trust relationship by providing your undivided attention and assistance. The acknowledgement step
This can be done by attributing their reactions to the situation, not that they have a personal weakness. The fourth step is encouraging the victims to cope adaptively. Support person in exploring their own coping, Pastoral Interventions, or seeking professional help. The last and final step in the process is Restoring independent function or referal. For this step follow up with the individual after the initial meeting, be empathetic, and reinforce that they will be taken care of. If needed refer them to a agency or resource that will benefit their needs.
Across the nation there are many agencies and resources for victims and crisis intervention. There is an agency in existence that will help with just about anything relating to victimology. A primary goal for these agencies and resources is to, “assist to help them through an unimaginable period of their life” ("Victim Assistance Program video", 2010). There are agencies that assist victims of sexual abuse, child sexual abuse, physical abuse, theft, stalking, terrorism, and as far as even human trafficking. These agencies provide services such as: criminal justice support, crisis counseling, sheltering, group treatment, transportation, emergency financial
Locally within Arizona there are specialized agencies that help victims and provide crisis intervention as well. Some of those are: Southern Arizona Child and Family Advocacy Center, City of Phoenix Family Advocacy Center, Arizona Crime Victims, and Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence. The Southern Arizona Child and Family Advocacy Center assist children by providing many different needed expertise when a child had been abused in any way. Some of these things include: expert medical evaluations, forensic interviews, and crisis intervention. In Phoenix there is an advocacy center that focuses solely on family. The name of this center is, City of Phoenix Family Advocacy Center. They assists with: crisis intervention, safety planning, short-term counseling, and much more. Another general victims service provider is the, Arizona Crime Victims agency. This agency assists victims by providing services like: information services, permitting services, and licensing services. One last resources that is in Arizona is the, Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence.