Critical incident debriefing
When something happens at work, your team does not carry it alone.
Distressing events in the workplace are unavoidable. Debriefing soon after is essential to stabilization and recovery, and it protects the culture you have built.
What crisis support includes.
Licensed mental health clinicians help your organization through the crisis: identifying and managing emotional reactions, connecting people to aftercare, and helping everyone find their footing again.
- On-site debriefing, soon after the incident
- Individual and group therapy for the people affected
- Referrals to other services when more is needed
- Aftercare, and support returning to a sense of normal
How a debrief runs
Seven phases, one steady hand.
- 1
Purpose
Why we are here, what will happen, and how the group stays safe.
- 2
Share
What happened, in each person's words, at their own pace.
- 3
Transition
Moving from the facts towards what it has meant to people.
- 4
Explore
The reactions people are carrying, named out loud.
- 5
Symptoms
How stress is showing up in bodies, sleep and focus.
- 6
Educate
What is normal after a crisis, and what helps.
- 7
Support
Aftercare, next steps, and where to turn.
If someone is in danger right now.
We are not an emergency service. These lines answer any time.
All Thunder Bay crisis lines- Emergency911
- Suicide Crisis Helpline988
- Thunder Bay Crisis Services807-346-8282
- Talk4Healing1-855-554-4325
Tell us what happened.
Call during office hours and we will work out what your team needs, and how soon we can be there.