Crisis Psychotherapy and Psychiatric Emergencies

Participants will gain practical, integrative competencies across the full arc of crisis psychotherapy, including:

• The theoretical framework, clinical scope, and evidence base of Crisis Intervention Psychotherapy (CIP)
• Application of the 8 core elements of CIP assessment to diverse acute presentations
• Conducting a structured CIP intake and developing an organized acute case formulation
• Building a problem-oriented, trauma-informed treatment plan across the phases of CIP
• Trauma-specific clinical strategies for suicide attempts, violence, sexual assault, sudden loss, and disaster trauma
• Suicide and violence risk evaluation and management integrated within the CIP framework
• Live case supervision with peer discussion of complex cases involving acute trauma and risk

• Describe the theoretical framework, core principles, and clinical applications of Crisis Intervention Psychotherapy (CIP) across diverse mental health settings and patient populations
• Apply the 8 core elements of CIP assessment to patients presenting with acute trauma, psychiatric emergencies, or crisis states, and integrate findings into an organized clinical formulation
• Conduct a structured CIP intake and develop a problem-oriented, trauma-informed acute treatment plan tailored to the specific nature of the presenting crisis
• Identify and apply trauma-specific CIP interventions for patients who have experienced suicide attempts, violence, sexual assault, sudden loss, or disaster-related trauma
• Evaluate and manage suicide and violence risk within the CIP framework, incorporating risk assessment findings into case formulation and treatment planning
• Demonstrate integrative clinical reasoning through live group supervision of complex cases involving acute trauma, suicidality, and violence risk drawn from participants’ own caseloads

This intensive, one-day program combines evidence-based didactic instruction, structured case examples, and live group supervision to ensure that skill transfer is immediate and clinically applicable. Participants will have the opportunity to apply CIP assessment tools in real time and to present complex clinical cases for structured expert supervision and peer discussion in a smallgroup format.

This program is designed for licensed mental health clinicians — psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and counselors — practicing across inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and community settings who assess or treat patients presenting with acute trauma, psychiatric emergencies, or crisis states.

Robert E. Feinstein, MD is a board-certified psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Northwell/Zucker/Hofstra School of Medicine, with over 40 years of clinical, supervisory, and academic experience. He is founder and CEO of Empathian and has held senior academic leadership roles across Columbia University, New York Medical College, the University of Colorado, and Dell Medical School. He is the author of more than 100 publications and three Oxford University Press textbooks