Critical Incident Stress Management

C.I.S.M.

Coastal Bend Critical Incident Stress Team

To activate the team contact:

RJ Thomas
361-523-9447 cell
rj@cbcogem.org
Ingleside Dispatch 361-776-2531

It must be emphasized that CISM is not therapy. It is a form of crisis intervention performed by trained and certified peers and support persons. The interventions performed by CISM usually take the form of debriefings or defusings. For more information, please contact Dr. Linda Cook at 361-880-0228 or at linda.cook@mail.tamucc.edu

C.I.S.M. TRAINING

The CISM: Group Crisis Intervention (Basic) training program is designed to present the core elements of a comprehensive, systematic and multicomponent crisis intervention curriculum. The two day course prepares participants to understand a wide range of crisis intervention services including pre and post incident crisis education, significant other support services, on-scene support services, crisis intervention for individuals, demobilizations after large scale traumatic incidents, small group defusings and the group intervention known as Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD).