Crisis, Trauma, and Disaster: A Clinician's Guide teaches counselors how to respond and intervene with individuals, groups and organizations. The book begins with a description of the counselor's role and responsibilities and then presents chapters on crisis, trauma and disasters with corresponding chapters on working with those affected. Each chapter defines the issue and contrasts it with general counseling requirements, and then presents the history and theory as well as common interventions. Each chapter contains The Counselor's Toolkit and presents assessment, case conceptualization and treatment approaches followed by case illustrations. The text concludes with a chapter on emerging trends and a chapter on caring for those who care.

About the Author
Linda Lutisha Black Ed. D. is a professor of counselor education at the University of Northern Colorado. In her 19 years at UNC, Linda has served as Associate Provost & Graduate Dean and AVP for Research and Sponsored Programs. As a licensed professional counselor, she has 28 years of clinical mental health experience and is a member of the Colorado Crisis Education and Response Network. Linda and Kay live on the high plains of Colorado with Harper and Olive and a host of great friends. Stephen V. Flynn, Ph.D., LPC, LMFT-S, NCC, ACS, is an associate professor of counselor education and is a research fellow in the Center of Research and Innovation at Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH. He teaches clinical, research, and writing courses for the Counselor Education, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Educational Leadership graduate programs at Plymouth State University. He is a licensed professional counselor (CO, SD), licensed marriage and family therapist (CO, NH), national certified counselor, approved clinical supervisor, American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) Clinical Fellow, and an AAMFT Approved supervisor. He has taught graduate crisis counseling courses and he has provided crisis intervention training to diverse groups such as school personnel. He has conducted crisis, trauma, disaster-based counseling with survivors and families recovering from numerous clinical issues. Stephen enjoys spending time with his family and is an outdoor enthusiast.

Reviews
This book is very easy to read and provides a lot of resources to assist crisis management professionals. -- Rejoice A. Addae
This book provides students with a comprehensive overview of crisis, trauma, and disaster that is written in a student-friendly way with examples and case illustrations. In addition, the book is written with professional developmental stages in mind so the information can be scaffolded if used in their course. The unique thing is that the authors discuss group application and provide actual examples of assessments and models that can be used or easily researched. -- Karisse A Callender
Very thorough and addresses today's crises in our field of study. -- Amanda B. Faulk
I would tell students that this text is relevant to the work they will do in the future, will be used as a preparatory text for licensure exams, course material is applicable to both personal and professional life. -- Sherrie Foster

This book is an excellent high level reference to counseling skills within the context of crisis, trauma, and disasters.

This book is a comprehensive introductory text on the topic of crisis and trauma for counseling candidates. This book understands the developmental process of how to address the various demands of crisis counseling and presents it in an easy to read manner. This book makes no assumptions and provides a very thorough approach to counselor development by establishing strong foundations and building upon them. -- Darren H. Iwamoto
Very useful tool to better understand how to work with victims exposed to crisis and trauma. -- Rose Marie Lichtenfels



Book Information
ISBN 9781483369037
Author Linda L. Black
Format Paperback
Page Count 344
Imprint SAGE Publications Inc
Publisher SAGE Publications Inc
Weight(grams) 610g