Human Spirit and Faith Tactics in CISM

Requesting This Course:

Course Description:

Are there examples in your life you would “never” see yourself experiencing? Life experiences that would “never” happen to you, so you are totally unprepared for it?  This “Land of Never” list exists in every person’s mind.  What do you do when the unimaginable happens and you are in your “Land of Never” crisis? Have you been at that point of “crying out loud” in desperation for hope and spiritual strength? How would you be able to help someone in this unique moment of their life crisis struggling with their spirituality? Do you understand this unique life crisis that has the capacity to cripple lives emotionally and spiritually forever in such a barren, personal wasteland? Human Spirit and Faith Tactics in CISM seminar will enlighten any person or group within their own “Land of Never” experience by utilizing the power of spiritual faith concepts needed to navigate and personally grow.  Incorporating this unique viewpoint of spirituality and faith dynamics with CISM, this seminar will help you understand the back pocket skills to provide guidance to individuals and groups struggling in their “Land of Never”.

Program Highlights:

  • The definition of the “Land of Never” crisis
  • Ingredients of the “Land of Never
  • Understanding survival emotions of fear and anger attached with guilt, shame, and condemnation
  • Learn the dimensions of Hope and what makes hope…hope
  • Learn how “Finding Me-Mode” phenomenon changes a personal crisis
  • Understand the different types of “pain” in this unique crisis
  • Learn how the “Second Storm” wave in a personal crisis complicates everything
  • Conceptualize spiritual injuries and moral injuries when navigating “Land of Never
  • Incorporating the “Fs” in spiritual recovery- faith, forgiveness, flourish, and freedom 
  • The components to build the power of spiritual strength with personal recovery


Certificates and Continuing Education:

General Contact Hours:

One-Day Course; 7 Contact Hours; 0.7 General CEUs from University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Dept. of Emergency Health Services Professional and Continuing Education (PACE). Based on a formula of 1 Continuing Education Unit for every 10 contact/classroom hours.

ICISF Certificate of Completion:

After the completion of this ICISF course, with verified full attendance, participants are eligible to receive an electronic ICISF Certificate of Completion including General Continuing Education Units. Participants are required to complete a course evaluation prior to receiving this Certificate of Completion.

Completion of ICISF courses and receipt of an ICISF Certificate of Completion does not attest to competence in the field, nor does it provide certification in the field of CISM. 

Profession Specific CEUs:

If you are seeking continuing education requirements for a specific profession, contacting the relevant state licensing board is the best way to ensure you have the most up-to-date and accurate information. They can provide you with specific details regarding whether a Certificate of Completion from a particular course or program will be accepted towards your continuing education requirements. 

If the ICISF course you attend is offered through:

ICISF Virtual Training, Online Training, or Conference, it is approved for the following:

  • EAPA – Employee Assistance Professionals Association             
    7 PDHs; Expiration Date – March 21, 2025

ICISF Speakers Bureau Program: It is up to the Sponsoring Agency to apply for profession-specific Continuing Education Units (CEUs) if they choose to do so.

ICISF Approved-Instructor led Program: While our Approved Instructors have the authority to teach specific ICISF courses, it is their responsibility to apply for profession-specific Continuing Education Units (CEUs) if they choose to do so.

** Please check with your state licensing board prior to registration to see if they will accept the Certificate of Completion as a means for continuing education.

*PLEASE NOTE: These hours are only applicable towards courses offered at Virtual Trainings, Conferences, Online Courses, and the World Congress.

Learn more on our ICISF Continuing Education Information page.