Upcoming Training
*Register Now* 2-day Group Crisis Intervention: Port Carling, Ontario, IN PERSON TRAINING, November 7-8, 2025, 2025
Course hours:
Friday, November 7, 2025, 5:30pm – 9:00pm. Saturday, November 8, 2025, 8am-5pm.
This course is recommended as the second course in the ICISF model of Critical Incident Stress Management.
Over the course of 14 hours together either online or in-person, we will help you understand how an unpleasant event may affect a group of people, and how you can help them. This course builds on the Assisting Individuals in Crisis training and expands the application of the ICISF Model of Crisis Intervention.
Designed to present the core elements of a comprehensive, systematic and multi-component crisis intervention curriculum, the Group Crisis Intervention course will prepare participants to understand a wide range of crisis intervention services. Fundamentals of Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) will be outlined and participants will leave with the knowledge and tools to provide several group crisis interventions, specifically demobilizations, defusings and the Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD). The need for appropriate follow-up services and referrals when necessary will also be discussed.
This course is designed for anyone in the fields of Business & Industry Crisis Intervention, Disaster Response, Education, Emergency Services, Employee Assistance, Healthcare, Homeland Security, Mental Health, Military, Spiritual Care, and Traumatic Stress.
Program Highlights:
Relevant research findings
Relevant recommendations for practice
Incident assessment
Strategic intervention planning
“Resistance, resilience, recovery” continuum
Interactive group crisis interventions
Informational group crisis interventions
Adverse outcome associated with crisis intervention
Reducing risks
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)
Completion of “Group Crisis Intervention” and receipt of a certificate indicating full attendance (14 Contact Hours) qualifies as a class in ICISF’s Certificate of Specialized Training Program.
This training may be eligible for CE credit. Check with your own professional association to confirm.
* Register Now* 2-day Assisting Individuals in Crisis - ONLINE TRAINING: November 18-19, 2025
2-Day (13 contact hours) Assisting Individuals in Crisis
$350 CAD + applicable taxes.
We recommend this as your first course in CISM. Over 13 hours of class time you will learn basic skills to help people who have had a traumatic experience. We will discuss not only what techniques can be used to help that person, but also some of the reasons why those techniques actually work.
The SAFER-Revised model of crisis intervention can be used in professional as well as personal settings. After you take this training, you will understand that you have been providing crisis intervention for much of your life. Now with a new appreciation for the skills you already have, and an easy model to follow, you will be better equipped to help your peers and others deal with the unpleasant experiences that life has sent their way.
Program Highlights:
- Psychological crisis and psychological crisis intervention
- Resistance, resiliency, recovery continuum
- Critical incident stress management
- Evidence-based practice
- Basic crisis communication techniques
- Common psychological and behavioral crisis reactions
- SAFER-Revised model
- Suicide intervention
- Risks of iatrogenic “harm”
This training may be eligible for CE credit. Check with your own professional association to confirm.
Group and student rates are available.
Click here to register.
*Register Now* 2-day Group Crisis Intervention - ONLINE TRAINING: November 26-27, 2025
2-Day (14 contact hours) Group Crisis Intervention
$350 CAD + applicable taxes.
This course is recommended as the second course in the ICISF model of Critical Incident Stress Management.
Over the course of 14 hours together either online or in-person, we will help you understand how an unpleasant event may affect a group of people, and how you can help them. This course builds on the Assisting Individuals in Crisis training and expands the application of the ICISF Model of Crisis Intervention.
Designed to present the core elements of a comprehensive, systematic and multi-component crisis intervention curriculum, the Group Crisis Intervention course will prepare participants to understand a wide range of crisis intervention services. Fundamentals of Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) will be outlined and participants will leave with the knowledge and tools to provide several group crisis interventions, specifically demobilizations, defusings and the Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD). The need for appropriate follow-up services and referrals when necessary will also be discussed.
This course is designed for anyone in the fields of Business & Industry Crisis Intervention, Disaster Response, Education, Emergency Services, Employee Assistance, Healthcare, Homeland Security, Mental Health, Military, Spiritual Care, and Traumatic Stress.
Program Highlights:
Relevant research findings
Relevant recommendations for practice
Incident assessment
Strategic intervention planning
“Resistance, resilience, recovery” continuum
Interactive group crisis interventions
Informational group crisis interventions
Adverse outcome associated with crisis intervention
Reducing risks
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)Completion of “Group Crisis Intervention” and receipt of a certificate indicating full attendance (14 Contact Hours) qualifies as a class in ICISF’s Certificate of Specialized Training Program.
Group (5+) rates are available.
*Register Now* 2-day Assisting Individuals in Crisis: Thompson, MB, IN PERSON TRAINING, May 4-5, 2026
2-Day (13 contact hours) Assisting Individuals in Crisis
CounterstressSolutions is proud to partner with University College of The North to offer this training within the community.
Click here to register or for more information.
8:30am to 4:30pm
We recommend this as your first course in CISM. Over 13 hours of class time you will learn basic skills to help people who have had a traumatic experience. We will discuss not only what techniques can be used to help that person, but also some of the reasons why those techniques actually work.
The SAFER-Revised model of crisis intervention can be used in professional as well as personal settings. After you take this training, you will understand that you have been providing crisis intervention for much of your life. Now with a new appreciation for the skills you already have, and an easy model to follow, you will be better equipped to help your peers and others deal with the unpleasant experiences that life has sent their way.
Program Highlights:
- Psychological crisis and psychological crisis intervention
- Resistance, resiliency, recovery continuum
- Critical incident stress management
- Evidence-based practice
- Basic crisis communication techniques
- Common psychological and behavioral crisis reactions
- SAFER-Revised model of crisis intervention
- Suicide intervention
- Risks of iatrogenic “harm”
This training may be eligible for CE credit. Check with your own professional association to confirm.
The training will be facilitated by: Steve Horner
To register: Phone/Text Bonnie: 204-307-0210; or toll-free 1.866.677-6450 (Ext 0697) or Email: blederhaus@ucn.ca.
You can also click here to register or for more information.
Download course information flyer here.
*Register Now* The Secrets of Psychological Body Armor ™ Thompson, MB, IN-PERSON, May 6, 2026
CounterstressSolutions is proud to partner with University College of The North to offer this training within the community.
The Secrets of Psychological Body Armor ™ – Holistic Wellness for Emergency Services and Healthcare Professions
Click here to register or for more information.
Download course information flyer here.
Course Description
This course is designed to aid you in building a personal culture of resilience and holistic health. Our unique approach is intended to help you learn to better manage the stress in your life in order to increase your potential for happiness, success, and even create a competitive advantage through the creation of what we call Psychological Body Armor ™. There is no “quick fix” in this program. It is not designed to be a “pop psych” feel-good course. Rather, this course contains facts and specific suggestions for actions you can take to enhance your personal resilience, all based upon the latest and most credible science.
View a short video about the development of this course on the ICISF website here.
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to:
- Describe the nature of Psychological Body Armor ™ (PBA)
- Recognize resilient attitudes
- Use physical exercise to strengthen PBA
- Use nutrition to fuel PBA
- Use rest to recharge and restore PBA
- Use interpersonal support
- Understand how spirituality relates to PBA
- Develop a fully personalized PBA plan
The training will be facilitated by: Steve Horner
To register: Phone/Text Bonnie: 204-307-0210; or toll-free 1.866.677-6450 (Ext 0697) or Email: blederhaus@ucn.ca
You can also click here to register or for more information.
Download course information flyer here.
*Register Now* 2-day Group Crisis Intervention: Thompson, MB, IN-PERSON TRAINING, May 7-8, 2023.
CounterstressSolutions is proud to partner with University College of The North to offer this training within the community.
This course is recommended as the second course in the ICISF model of Critical Incident Stress Management.
Click here to register or for more information.
Download course information flyer here.
Over the course of 14 hours together either online or in-person, we will help you understand how an unpleasant event may affect a group of people, and how you can help them. This course builds on the Assisting Individuals in Crisis training and expands the application of the ICISF Model of Crisis Intervention.
Designed to present the core elements of a comprehensive, systematic and multi-component crisis intervention curriculum, the Group Crisis Intervention course will prepare participants to understand a wide range of crisis intervention services. Fundamentals of Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) will be outlined and participants will leave with the knowledge and tools to provide several group crisis interventions, specifically demobilizations, defusings and the Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD). The need for appropriate follow-up services and referrals when necessary will also be discussed.
This course is designed for anyone in the fields of Business & Industry Crisis Intervention, Disaster Response, Education, Emergency Services, Employee Assistance, Healthcare, Homeland Security, Mental Health, Military, Spiritual Care, and Traumatic Stress.
Program Highlights:
Relevant research findings
Relevant recommendations for practice
Incident assessment
Strategic intervention planning
“Resistance, resilience, recovery” continuum
Interactive group crisis interventions
Informational group crisis interventions
Adverse outcome associated with crisis intervention
Reducing risks
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)Completion of “Group Crisis Intervention” and receipt of a certificate indicating full attendance (14 Contact Hours) qualifies as a class in ICISF’s Certificate of Specialized Training Program.
This training may be eligible for CE credit. Check with your own professional association to confirm.
The training will be facilitated by: Steve Horner
To register: Phone/Text Bonnie: 204-307-0210; or toll-free 1.866.677-6450 (Ext 0697) or Email: blederhaus@ucn.ca
Download course information flyer here.
You can also click here to register or for more information.
If you have any questions about any of the training, please ask via the contact form.
We look forward to meeting you on one of our courses.
