Crisis Intervention and Trauma Counseling in Community Mental Health
CMC5000.01
Course Description
Summary
This course prepares students to provide effective, trauma-informed responses to individuals, families, and communities experiencing crisis. Emphasizing both clinical and systems-level approaches, students learn evidence-based crisis intervention models, suicide prevention and postvention strategies, and techniques for addressing trauma in diverse populations. The course explores community-based crisis response models, mobile crisis teams,
Learning Outcomes
- Develop crisis intervention plans.
- Apply trauma-informed care principles in community-based counseling models.
- Analyze the long-term impact of trauma on mental health.