Strategies for Dealing With Crises
Strategies for Dealing With Crises
In Brief-TSF, the facilitator is given specific guidelines for dealing with crises ranging from suicidal ideation to spouse abuse to divorce.
As a rule, only psychiatric emergencies and acute intoxication or overdose are grounds for suspending Brief-TSF. Otherwise, crises are assessed and triaged.
In many instances the facilitator will direct the client to the resources of 12-step fellowships (including Al-Anon and Alateen for partners and children of clients) as a means of coping with acute stressors.
Clients are encouraged to discover how ubiquitous their own problems are among people who have alcohol and how such issues are common topics of discussion at meetings. Indeed, the facilitator may very well be a less useful resource in this regard than the support of fellow recovering persons, many of whom have dealt with or are actively dealing with similar problems.
If an emergency session is deemed necessary, Brief-TSF includes specific facilitator guidelines.
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