Counseling Functions:
Crisis Intervention
A 3-hour course that provides an in-depth look at the counseling function of crisis intervention. This course provided a detailed look at the types of problems and crises typically faced by clients seeking chemical dependency treatment.  Includes a detailed examination on the guidelines for the identification, assessment, and treatment of suicidality.

Goals/Objectives

By participating in this DLC, the trainee will:

  1. recognize the components of a crisis;
  2. examine methods to appropriately assess client needs during a crisis;
  3. evaluate methods to employ strategies to resolve the various crises that are common to clients;
  4. seek ways to use crises to further the therapeutic aims of treatment;
  5. learn to develop an adequate referral base for use in dealing with client crises;
  6. identify ways to prevent burnout due to ineffective self-care;

  7. explore guidelines for identification, assessment, and treatment planning for suicidality.


Your Course Instructor:
Dr. Lawrence Clayton

Dr. Lawrence Clayton is the Past President of the Oklahoma Drug and Alcohol Professional Counselor Certification Board.  In 1994, he was selected as Oklahoma Alcohol and Drug Counselor of the Year by the Oklahoma Drug and Alcohol Counselor Association.  

He has served as a board member of the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium, the group which sets the certification standards for drug and alcohol counselors in 44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, Indian Health Services, all branches of the US Armed Forces, Malta, Canada, Sweden, The United Kingdom, Germany, Great Brittan, Bermuda, Greece, Cyprus, Singapore, Malaysia, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Cayman Islands, and Israel. He has chaired two IC & RC committees: the Written Test Committee and the Clinical Supervision Committee.   

For the past thirty-one years he has worked with the chemically dependent as an ordained minister, an Internationally Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor, a Certified Clinical Supervisor, and a Certified Program Director.  He developed cancer and retired in 1995.  He is an award-winning author, having written twenty-five books---most on the subject of chemical dependency, twenty-six curriculum guides and thirty-five articles.