Communities have been impacted in extraordinary measures these past few years, and people are having an extremely hard time keeping up with the catastrophic aftermath.

I understand the extraordinary abilities required to respond to the health and safety of others. Providing exceptional care during a crisis is reliant on a persons psychosocial well-being. The anxiety, stress, fear, and associated feelings experienced by people during challenging times are real, and justifiable. To mitigate and respond to the psychological toll of crises, it is critical that individuals, agencies, and organizations have systems in place that support longevity and individual resilience within the workplace and at home. 

Critical Incident Stress Management is a resilience building program, which involves psychological crisis intervention as a means to foster resilience. It is a short-term helping process designed to stabilize and mitigate acute psychological distress. Intervention can be implemented individually or in groups, and is focused on targeting the response, not the event. The objective is to support people through their responses and keep them functioning so they are able to return to work, look after their children, or any other responsibilities they may have.