Critical Incident Debriefing

A SEMINAR DELIVERED BY

BILL BLISS Adv, Dip, SACH. LNCP, MHA, MGHR. MACHE.

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REASON

In these times of increased potential for trauma brought about by terrorist activities as well as the issues raised by industrial and traffic accidents or physical assault and even the occurrence of natural disasters therapists have a greater need to be able to intervene before traumatic stress or post traumatic shock can affect the emotional well-being and recovery of people who have been exposed to life changing events. This seminar enables therapists who are not working directly with the uniformed or rescue services to utilise the process for the benefit of members of the public. In addition counsellors working with the uniformed or armed services will find this seminar a highly effective illustration of the seven-stage model that will enable them to set up and use the process in their own environment.

THEORETICAL MODEL

There have been several intervention methods developed; the one that has proven to be effective in the greatest number of traumatic situations is the Mitchell and Dygrov seven-stage model. This process was originally developed to act as an interventionary activity enabling members of the armed forces and rescue services to remain efficient and not encounter the debilitating effects of Post Traumatic Shock or Stress. As outlined in the reason above, this process can also be utilised to help members of the public who have experienced life-changing events. Delegates will learn how to use the debriefing model in this form in addition to group debriefing skills.

AIMS

The CrID seminar delivered by Bill Bliss teaches the seven-stage model and identifies how it can be utilised by a wide variety of therapeutic practitioners on a one to one or group basis. The course is available to any therapist with counselling experience even if this is not their main theoretical approach. Knowledge of counselling skills will enable the therapist to ask open questions and, using the empathic rapport of counselling, be capable of developing further effective questions that may be utilised at a later date.

PROCESS

Delegates will understand the principles of pattern matching and emotive processing. Including the 3F response to danger. They will then become conversant with the description of Post Traumatic Shock and P T Stress as provided by the Diagnostic and Statistic Manual IV. This will enable all students to provide an effective written report if required. Following on from this the students will learn the 7 stage process of Critical Incident Debriefing and finally how it can be integrated into their practice. Included in this part of the seminar is how to work as a debriefing team in order to be capable of working with rescue service personnel should the need arise.

DURATION and QUALIFICATION

This is a 2-day seminar. Both days start at 10:00 and finish at 18:00 with breaks morning and afternoon and an hour for lunch. This seminar counts as 16 hours of Continuing Professional Development, This seminar also qualifies delegates for Affiliate Membership of the National Council of Psychotherapists

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ABOUT BILL BLISS.

Bill has a thriving private clinical practise in Essex in the UK where he works with a wide range of theoretical approaches. He began studying human emotional conditions after leaving the armed forces where he experienced the effects of terrorist attacks on several occasions, both as a soldier and as a victim.

He studied the psychology of motivation when working as a sales manager for a national company. He then went on to study and practise person centred counselling. He now integrates several therapeutic approaches including client centred counselling Psychotherapy, Hypnotherapy and other forms of rapid resolution in his work. His clients include trauma survivors, rescue workers, the armed forces and members of the medical profession. He has specific interest in stress or trauma related conditions. In addition to this he works extensively with low self-belief issues brought about by mistaken beliefs developed in childhood as well as survivors of childhood trauma.

Since August 2001 Bill has been researching a link between trauma, long-term stress and degenerative illness. This has finally led to working with people who have had traumatic events. These include members of the armed forces, the police and fire services as well as victims of trauma. He regularly teaches at various schools of therapy around the UK and in 2004 expanded his teaching to America. More recently he has begun working with medical staff by teaching trauma debriefing to groups in hospital settings. He has now published a paper on the possible connection between genetic, dietary predispositions and trauma related to the onset of autoimmune conditions such as Multiple Sclerosis. This directly relates to psychoneuroimmunology.

Bill Is a member of the National council of Psychotherapists, the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (Individual member), the General Hypnotherapy Register, The Hypnotherapy Association, The American Council of Hypnotherapist examiners, and The National Council of Hypnotherapists. He is a qualified teacher and runs several therapy related seminars on a regular basis in this country and America.