Crisis Assessment, Intervention, and Prevention, 3rd edition

Perspectives from the field provide first hand learning tools to discuss actual crisis situations from various counseling specialties, show how a counselor responded, and present the lessons learned from the experience. (Found in every chapter.)

Crisis dialogues between a client and counselor better demonstrate how an effective intervention was conducted, providing first-hand experiences and showing effective or ineffective strategies and best practices from the situation.

Individual chapters on Sexual Violence, Child Sexual Assault, and Intimate Partner Violence better differentiate the importance and needs of these crisis populations.

Updated and expanded chapters on Emergency Response in the Community and Emergency Response in Schools focus on these critical crisis populations.

A unique chapter on crisis assessment and intervention with military provides a sound foundation of the mental health issues encountered by military during deployment for healthier reintegration. This chapter also discusses the federal mandates for inclusion of professional counsellors to treat military dependents .

Updated references and citations bring the most current information to practitioners.

NEW! Helpful learning aids are included in each chapter:

• Voices from the Field,

• Activities,

• Think About Its, and

• Resource Lists.

A new chapter addresses counselor safety issues

A new chapter addresses counselor self-care and wellness issues

UPDATED AND EXPANDED chapters on Emergency Response in the Community and Emergency Response in Schools focus on these critical crisis populations.

Updated references and citations bring the most current information to practitioners.

Chapters feature helpful learning aids such as:

• Voices from the Field,

• Activities,

• Think About Its, and

• Resource Lists.