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Discussion Topics, Mohr

Chapter 35, Crisis Intervention

Discussion Topics	Learning Objective
1. There have been several major adventitious crises in the past several years that have affected large numbers of people.     a. Have you ever experienced a personal crisis? If so, think about the precipitating factors and the measures you took to help resolve it. Identify ways in which this experience affected you.     b. How did you feel after the attacks of September 11, 2001? Examine how this incident affected you.     c. How did you feel when you saw or experienced the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina? Examine how this incident affected you.	1, 2
2. Many individuals experience a maturational crisis at some point in their life.     a. Provide an example of a maturational crisis. Identify a behavior that may be manifested in each crisis phase.     b. Develop a list of resources available to an individual experiencing the maturational crisis that you specified.	1, 3
3. After helping a client through a crisis, you become interested in the role of crisis intervener.     a. What are the most important skills for a crisis intervener and how these skills are implemented in a crisis?     b. Compare and contrast the variations in crisis intervention, including the team approach, crisis groups, and families in crisis.

Answer 1

1a) Yes ,I personally have experienced a personal crisis which is related to finance . I was having shortage of money that even it was difficult for me to pass each day . It was a sad and also a experience gaining period for me . I feel now muchore matured because of the experience I have and the ability to deal with major thing in my life . There was a period when my dad was not having the job , and I was the only earning member in my family.as my mother is a housewife . It was so difficult to pay my home rent ,bills , because we had many debts and that too were also I was paying because of shutting down of our business due to huge loss . It was a period when my dad was also so depressed and was in search of jobs but he did not got any . It was the period which thought me that in this world money matters more than a human beings life . People who are there in wealth are here because of only money and will be there with you only when you have money and prestige . But not everyone is same , whom you haven't thought that they will help you , atlast they helped me in my circumstances.

Eventually I took help from my office friends to deal with the problems and resolved the issues slowly slowly each month.

1b) September 11, 2001 is the date when the Islamist hijacked planes and attacked WORLD TRADE CENTER . Its been 17 years now but the after affects are still there . It was the full stop moment for all the people when they saw this disaster ,even many people are there who are under this shock still now due to loss of their loved ones in this tragedy. It was a shock for me also because I loss one of my friend in this attack . It became a fear for me and I started fearing even when I hear a sound in my house . It took years to get resolved , I changed my location and then country to fade off those memories.

1c) Another disaster which was a natural disaster called Hurricane Katrina . It ruined our house and agriculture . It was also a bad experiences but we can't do anything without facing it as it was a natural calamity as a result of destruction of the environment by human activities . So ,we just have to bear it as the reason behind this calamity was us itself .