The Crisis Interview-

If your client has come for an interview, but you can see they are in severe distress, please make other arrangements for them, other than flower essences. Five flower formula might be calming and is indicated at times of distress, as one tool but it is not enough for someone in a severe crisis situation.

We may all go into crisis at times, so this is a natural occurrence, but one that may require expertise outside the scope of this college or this course.

To ensure your client gets the help they may need, while in trauma or crisis please suggest that they seek a professional therapist, or walk-in clinic, to deal with feelings and behaviours such as self-harm, including severe self-neglect or self-abuse, or neglect or abuse of others. Addictions, psychosis, and bi-polar reactions are also outside the scope of our work, but people with these conditions may need professional help, if the conditions are flaring.

Never suggest people with psychological conditions such as these come off of their drugs and use flower essences.

Put together a list of phone numbers, such as a suicide prevention line, a therapist you trust or walk-in clinics that are in operation.

Refer Your Client to A Professional Psychiatrist, Psychologist, or Doctor (if they are in acute crisis or danger). Do your best to ensure they hook up with the services they need.

When Feeling Fear-Eckhart Tolle

How to Connect When Feeling Overwhelmed-Collective Trauma
Thomas Hubl

The counter intuitive movement is to take a deep breath. …
In order to harvest the intelligence and the wisdom of my body I need to take a breath and to slow down. Because my breath is a deep friend from right after my birth, to help me to regulate my own nervous system.
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From: Building Community Coherence and Resilience – part 3 of the webinar series about Healing Collective Trauma in July / August 2020. More Info: http://www.collectivetraumaseries.com​