Category: Adult Treatments

Crisis Intervention refers to psychological intervention provided on a short-term, emergency basis for individuals, families, and groups who have undergone a highly disruptive experience, such as an unexpected bereavement or a disaster; or experiencing mental health crises such as an acute psychotic episode or attempted suicide. Crisis intervention may prevent more serious consequences of the experience, such as posttraumatic stress disorder. It involves immediate drop-in or onsite professional counselling provided following a trauma or sudden stressful event, often for emergency situations.

Crisis Intervention generally follows the following roadmap (Everly, 2001):

1. Stabilization of the Situation or Response
2. Acknowledgement of the Crisis
3. Facilitation of Understanding
4. Encourage Adaptive Coping
5. Restoration of Adaptive, Independent Functioning or Referral

Image consultation provides a unique and powerful therapeutic approach that taps into the visual and creative aspects of human experience, fostering self-expression, self-awareness, and emotional growth in the context of mental health. It is typically facilitated by mental health professionals, such as therapists, counsellors, or art therapists, who have expertise in both the therapeutic process and the interpretation of visual imagery. The primary aim is to utilize visual images as a therapeutic tool to support individuals in their mental and emotional well-being, promoting self-expression, self-awareness, healing, and personal growth.

Objectives of Image Consultation

1. Facilitate self-expression: Image consultation aims to provide individuals with a means of self-expression when verbal communication may be challenging or insufficient.
2. Foster self-awareness and insight: a deeper understanding of their emotions, beliefs, patterns, and experiences.
3. Support emotional exploration and regulation: By engaging with images that evoke specific emotional responses, individuals can identify and process their emotions, develop emotional awareness, and learn strategies for emotional regulation and self-care.
4. Encourage narrative construction and reframing: Individuals can explore their life experiences, challenges, and personal growth, while also reframing and reshaping their narratives to promote a more positive or empowering perspective.This post is sponsored by our partners Wigs
5. Promote healing and growth: Image consultation aims to support individuals in their healing and personal growth journeys. By integrating visual images into therapy, individuals can find new ways to process trauma, work through challenges, identify strengths, and cultivate resilience.
6. Integrate with other therapeutic modalities: This objective is to complement and enhance the therapeutic process by incorporating visual elements that align with the individual’s treatment goals and needs.