- Founder and CEO of C.A.L.M., Inc.
- State Police and Fire Chaplain
Chp. Gary Evans has been in the ministry since 1978 and
received his ministerial ordination in 1984. He has served in various senior,
associate, assistant, and interim pastorates as well as providing pastoral
counseling. In 1994, Chp. Evans additionally received ecclesiastical
endorsement as an emergency services chaplain.
Dr. Evans holds respectively a Bachelor's Degree, a Master's Degree, a
Ministerial Diploma, and a Doctor of Letters reflective of his work over many
years in education, ministry, and community service as an emergency services
chaplain. He has received senior certification as a police chaplain; basic and
advanced group Critical Incident Stress Management training; basic and advanced
Pastoral Crisis Intervention training; Individual Crisis Intervention/Peer
Support training; Pastoral and Individual Crisis Interventions instructor
certificates; and death notification instructor certification, and CISM:
Strategic Planning training.
Mr. Evans has earned the Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress - Diplomate
and the Certification in Acute Stress Management as well as the Certified
Traumatic Stress Specialist designation. He has also been certified as a
Community Emergency Response Team Trainer and Program Manager.
Following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States and the flight
587 crash in New York on November 12, 2001, Rev. Evans was called to join the
American Airlines Crisis Management Team at JFK International Airport to
conduct group and individual crisis interventions for pilots and flight crews.
He has also been deployed to Louisiana and Mississippi to provide Critical
Incident Stress Management services in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina
disaster and has provided CISM training to pastors and laity in the Gulf
Region.
Mr. Evans is married and has three children.
WORKSHOPS, PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINAR TOPICS AND DESCRIPTIONS
CISM: Pastoral Crisis Intervention
Pastoral Crisis Intervention may be thought of as the combination of
faith-based resources with the traditional techniques of crisis intervention.
This intervention represents a powerful addition to traditional community and
organizational psychological support resources. The purpose of this workshop is
to assist the participants in learning how pastoral interventions and
traditional psychological crisis interventions may be effectively integrated.
Chaplains, pastoral counselors, mental health professionals, ministers, and
anyone interested in the use of faith-based resources in healing should find
this course of interest. (14 contact hours; 1.4 General CEUs from UMBC).
CISM: Assisting Individuals in Crisis
Crisis intervention is NOT psychotherapy, rather it is a specialized acute
emergency mental health intervention which requires specialized training. As
physical first-aid is to surgery, crisis intervention is to psychotherapy.
Thus, crisis intervention is sometimes called emotional first-aid. Crisis interventions
are typically done individually (one-on-one) or in groups. This program is
designed to teach participants the fundamentals of, and a specific protocol
for, individual intervention. The audience for this class includes both
emergency services, military, and business/industrial peer support personnel
without formal training in mental health, as well as mental health
professionals, who desire to increase their knowledge of individual
(one-on-one) crisis intervention. Learn how to give emotional "first
aid" to people in crisis using a variety of crisis communication
techniques including the SAFER-R and Diamond models along with an important
Problem-Solving technique to empower victims with tools for self-help.
(14 contact hours; 1.4 General CEUs from UMBC)
PAST ORGANIZATIONAL CONSULTATIONS, TRAINING AND INTERVIEWS
New Jersey Community Resource Center
Calvary Chapels
Valley Forge Christian College
Southern New England District - Assemblies of God
Worldwide Law Enforcement Group
Gloucester County Police Academy
New Jersey CISM Team
Law Enforcement Chaplaincy of Napa, CA
Phoenix Project USA
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Disaster Response
Pastors' Resource Council of Louisiana
Northside Community Church of Atlanta
American Airlines
Ferguson Enterprises Inc.
Numerous Police, Fire and EMS agencies