Crisis Counselling

Information to help you accurately assess whether a client is in active crisis and to respond with appropriate counselling strategies

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Recommended Reading

Assisting Immigrant Women Abused by Their Sponsor
This guide contains information about the legal process for service providers who are supporting women through the immigration process - May 2003.

Immigrant Settlement Counselling: A Training Guide
This resource is an attempt to describe the dimensions of settlement work and to provide tools that can be used to train workers to be effective settlement counsellors - 2000.

Immigrant Settlement Counselling: A Training Guide - Part II - Module 6: Crisis Intervention
This section provides activities to help participants understand how to work with a client who is in a crisis situation, effective intervention techniques and provides insight into how people approach and deal with crisis differently.

Immigrant Settlement Counselling: A Training Guide - Part II - Module 7: Mental Health Issues
This section provides activities to help participants understand mental health issues, what mental health issues newcomers may face and how to access the mental health support networks and services in their community.