- Clinical Professor, Emergency Health Services, University of Maryland
- President Emeritus, International Critical Incident Stress Foundation
- Member, United Nations Department of Safety and Security Stress Working Group
Jeffrey T. Mitchell, Ph.D., is a Clinical Professor of
Emergency, Health Services at the University of Maryland in Baltimore County,
Maryland and President Emeritus of the International Critical Incident Stress
Foundation. He taught elementary school science for three years. He earned his
Ph.D. in Human Development from the University of Maryland. After serving as a
firefighter /paramedic he developed a comprehensive, systematic, integrated and
multi-component crisis intervention program called "Critical Incident
Stress Management." He has authored over 275 articles and 20 books in the
stress and crisis intervention fields. He serves as an adjunct faculty member
of the Emergency Management Institute of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency. He is a reviewer for the Journal of the American Medical Association,
Psychological Reports: Perceptual and Motor Skills, and the International
Journal of Emergency Mental Health. He has been honored by the Austrian Red
Cross with the Bronze Medal for his work in Crisis Intervention. Dr. Mitchell
is board certified in traumatic stress and credentialed as a Diplomate and a
Member of the Board of Scientific and Professional Advisors of the American
Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. He has been approved as a Certified
Trauma Specialist by the Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists. The
United Nations has appointed him to the United Nations Department of Safety and
Security Working Group on Stress.
WORKSHOPS, PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINAR TOPICS AND DESCRIPTIONS
Crisis Intervention and Psychological First Aid
Provides the foundations for providing crisis intervention services to a broad
spectrum of people in distress.
Assisting Individuals in Crisis
Approved by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, this two day
course offers detailed information and practical skills for intervening with
and guiding a person in a state of crisis. Participant manuals and certificates
of completion are available from the ICISF.
Group Crisis Intervention
Approved by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, this two day
course provides detailed information and practtical skills for wirking with
large, hetereogeneous groups as well as small, homogeneous groups after a
traumatic exposure. Participant manuals and certificates of completion are
available from ICISF.
Advanced Group Crisis Intervention
This two day course is apporved by the International Critical Incident Stress
Foundation. It provides detailed information and practical skills for managaing
complex group crises such as death in the workplace or a suicide of a
colleague. Participant manuals and certificates of completion are available
from ICISF.
Strategic Interventions in Crisis
This is a two day course approved by the International Critical Incident Stress
Foundation. It provides training in developing strategic crisis response
programs. Participant manuals and certificates of completion are availble from
ICISF.
Disaster Psychology
A course designed to assist organizations and communities in managing the
psychological aspects of disasters.
Customized Crisis Intervention and Stress Management Courses
The author will work with organizations, agencies and communities to develop a
course specific to their needs.
PAST ORGANIZATIONAL CONSULTATIONS, TRAINING AND INTERVIEWS
Swedish National Police
Hershey Medical Center
American Psychological Association
Fire Department of New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Shell Oil Company
Swedish National Police
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department of Homeland Security
Federal Emergency Management Agency
United States Army
United States Air Force
United States Marine Corps
United States Marshals Service
United States Navy
United States Coast Guard
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire Arms
United States Secret Service
United Nations
Howard County Police Department
Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services
Montgomery County Fire Department
Los Angeles County Fire Department
Baltimore Washington International Airport
Hong Kong Hospital Authority
Singapore Department of Corrections
Shell Oil Company
Florida Fire Department
Critical Incident Stress Management
Foundation of Australia
German Army and German Air Force
Austrian Red Cross
Portuguese National Guard
Argentina Federal Police
Kuwait Department of Social Support
Miami, Florida Police Department
Salt Lake City School District
Chester County School District
Los Angeles United School District
Louisville School District