Register for the ICISF 2 Day Peer Para Counseling

Course

October 21-22 2026

Hosted by: Treasure Coast CISM Team

The course is from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM each day.

Dress is casual/comfortable

Lunch provided or can bring your own

Training location:

St. Lucie County Fire District

5160 NW Milner Drive

Port St. Lucie, FL 34983

Crisis Informed Peer Paracounseling: Intervention Enhancement to CISM

Prerequisites: Assisting Individuals in Crisis (2 day course) and Group Crisis Intervention (2 day course) OR Assisting Individuals in Crisis & Group Crisis Intervention (3 day GRIN course)

Course Description: Today we see an unprecedented mix of unique stressors & disasters with limited psychological resources. The Critical Incident Stress Management continuum offers high-risk populations seeking a strategic crisis response; one that holistically builds the resilience of those in need. Crisis Informed Peer Para-Counseling (CIPPC) expands the support tools of peer counselors to collectively cope with trauma and disasters. CIPPC will become the 1:1 follow up service to CISD. The unprecedented mix of unique stressors & disasters with limited psychological resources means at-risk populations are seeking a strategic crisis response; one that holistically builds the resilience of those in need and expands the support tools of peer counselors to collectively cope with trauma.

Instructor: Cynthia Krosky, CSP, LCSW (Certified Speaking Professional and Licensed Clinical Social Worker). Cynthia on the Treasure Coast CISM team with over 20 years experience in Critical Incident Stress Management. Her specializations include Compassion Fatigue, Mental Health First Aid, Workplace Disasters, Domestic Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction and Mass Casualty events. She is a certified and approved instructor in Group Crisis Intervention and Assisting Individuals in Crisis, Peer Para Counseling and Psychological Body Armor, from the International Critical Incident Stress Management Foundation (ICISF). She is also an Instructor in Mental Health First Aid for Adults.

The course will be limited to the first 25 paid registrants.

If your agency is paying for attendance, please advise us.

Please submit your registration with non refundable payment made in full.

The cost of this course is $175 per person.

Full payment is due by October 5, 2026

We do not accept credit cards.

Checks may be made payable to the:

Treasure Coast Critical Incident Stress Management Team.

Payments may be mailed to: P.O. Box 12414 Fort Pierce, FL 34979. Zelle Pay is also accepted using the team email: tcflcism@gmail.com