Six-Step Of Crisis Intervention Essay

Working with clients who has recently suffered a trauma or crisis is something that therapist will deal with a lot. Sometimes it takes suffering a trauma or crisis to reach out for support and guidance. Many people struggle with depression and anxiety which goes untreated because they either do not want to seek help, do not have the resource to seek help or are not sure what to do. Many people can have untreated mental health disorders and feel alone in the world and not want to reach out to anyone. If someone has a tragic event, trauma or crisis they can be more inclined to seek help or reach out to people. In today’s world, there is still a stigma that mental health disorder face because people are not open minded when it comes to mental health disorders. Things are getting better, but many cultural feel that mental health disorders can be a sign of weakness which can turn people off from seeking therapy. As a therapist, we learn about different cultures and their take on mental health issues. When working with a client who is struggling with mental health disorder therapist have to work towards understanding the client’s cultural and how in tune they …show more content…
In the Six- Step Model of crisis intervention (Parikh and Morris, 2011) shared that an important step is helping the client define the problem, ensure clients safety and provide support. This is an important intervention because it’s the therapist and the client have a clear definition of what they are working on. If there is not something that they are working on then therapy might not be beneficial because why the client would be going with no clear define goal or treatment issues. It would also allow for me and Carlos to explore what the real problem is. Is the problem the traumatic event plus the damage that has been done or is the problem a deeper issues that needs more time to