This lesson aims to equip you to:

1. Clearly define and identify crisis situations.
2. To bring The Comforter with you into these difficult situations, by practicing the ministry of presence.
3. Learn the importance of being comfortably silent with the person you are counseling.
4. Learn about CISM training (the primary goal of CISM is to provide you with practical steps for crisis intervention as it is unfolding).
5. Learn about CISD training (the primary goal of CISD is to provide you with “after action” techniques for working through issues resulting from exposure to trauma).