De-Escalation & Active Threat Response
Building Confidence & Safety in the Counseling Environment
- Led by Kurt Deger, MPA
- Saturday, February 28
- 9:00am–12:00pm
- 3 Continuing Education credits
This 3-hour program equips counselors, social workers, and therapists with practical, evidence-based techniques for managing escalating behaviors and responding effectively to active threat situations within outpatient or telehealth settings.
The course combines communication-based de-escalation techniques with scenario-driven threat response principles, designed to increase practitioner confidence and improve client and staff safety while maintaining ethical and legal responsibilities.
Objectives:
- Recognize verbal and non-verbal cues that signal potential escalation.
- Demonstrate de-escalation communication skills to defuse tense situations.
- Identify key components of a safe and ethical active threat response plan in a clinical setting.
- Describe legal and ethical considerations when implementing safety protocols during client crises.
- Develop a personal and agency-level plan for emergency response integration and prevention.
Registration begins at 8:30am. Please note lunch is not provided.
Substance Abuse
- Friday, October 25
- 9:00am–12:00pm
Led by Steve Kerestes, LICDC-CS, LPCC-S
3 Continuing Education credits offered
Register by Thursday, October 24
Relational Counseling: SYMBIS
- Friday, December 6
- 9:00am–12:00pm
3 Continuing Education credits offered
Register by Friday, November 22 — $180
Emerge Counseling Ministries has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7145. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Emerge Counseling Ministries is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
