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Critical incident stress debriefing
This training provides an in-depth understanding of trauma and the debriefing process with the opportunity for experiential work to develop skills of facilitation.
Aim:
To gain skills, confidence and practice in facilitating critical incident debriefings (CIDs).
Objectives:
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To clarify the nature and purpose of CIDs
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To review and practice existing models of CID
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To understand the role and tasks of the CID facilitator
- To learn and practice the skills of facilitating CIDs
Day 1: Critical incidents and the process of debriefing
09:00 - 10:30
Introduction
- Introducing the facilitator and the group; outline of the day, expectations and outcomes.
- The process of debriefing
- The practice of ‘talking through’ and the therapeutic benefits of debriefing
- Understanding critical incidents
- Defining critical incidents, what makes an incident ‘critical’? The psychological impact of a critical incident
Trauma and post-trauma 10:30 - 12:00
- Unpacking these important concepts and understanding their implications and relevance to CID
- Debriefing critical incidents
- Introducing existing models of CIDs, comparing and understanding the components of a CID
12:30 lunch break
Skills practice and experiential learning 13:00 - 14:00
- Practice session, trying out models of debriefing using scenarios from experience
Day 2: Facilitating Critical Incident Debriefings – theory and practice
09:00 - 10:30
- The competent facilitator
- The qualities and skills of the competent facilitator containment
- The role of the facilitator and the challenges of facilitating emotional conversations
10:30 - 12:00
- Facilitating critical incident debriefings:
- Prompt cards - a tool for the facilitator.
- Facilitating critical incident debriefing:
- Ground rules, time-frames, and keeping ‘on task’.
12:30 lunch break
13:00 - 14:00
- Skills practice and experiential learning
- Working with scenarios and prompt cards: practice session - facilitating CIDs
- ‘Debriefing’ the day
Please make any booking through our website - www.psychotherapyforhealthcare.co.uk



We are psychotherapists with extensive experience as clinicians and trainers with a track record as champions for good communication skills in care professions. We have a reputation for engaging, energising and motivating staff, while modelling and stimulating self-reflective thinking and self-management.