Trauma Response & Suicide Survivor Loss
The Trauma Response Program provides intervention to individuals, families, and groups that have been exposed to a traumatic event. Counselors are trained and experienced in responding to the aftermath of suicide and are available 24-Hours a day for telephone support and guidance, or face-to-face services.
These events include, but are not limited to suicide loss, fire, robbery, community violence, workplace death, loss through homicide, natural disasters, and support for first responders.
Services are available immediately following a traumatic event or shortly thereafter. The response is not psychotherapy, but instead a process aimed at reducing the effects of the traumatic event and helping the individual or group return to their previous level of functioning. Services are based on the principles of Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM). The goal of the services is to prevent the long-term effects of trauma, such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or anxiety disorders, that can sometimes be the result of trauma.
Services provided include:
Group Defusing
Group Debriefing
Individual Crisis Intervention Services
Follow-Up
Referral
Through the intervention, participants process the event, the circumstances, and their thoughts and feelings associated with it, all of which assists in leading them toward recovery. Participants learn and discuss the normal responses to traumatic events and are provided education and symptom management techniques. Individuals in need of ongoing, longer term care are referred out to appropriate services in the community, such as grief counseling, mental health counseling, or support groups.
Services of the Trauma Response Program are available 24-Hours a day. Call 716-834-3131 and asking for the Trauma Response Program.
