Q Principles of Crisis Intervention For this week's discussion forum, respond to the following questions: This week you read about the basic principles of crisis intervention and prevention. You specifically read about the types of crisis and what makes a crisis counselor effective. For your first discussion, think back to a time that you helped a friend or family member through a crisis. What was that experience like for you? What did you do to assist? What type of crisis was it (e.g., developmental, existential, psychiatric, or traumatic event)? What characteristics of an effective crisis counselor did you use? How could you have been better? How could the crisis have been prevented? Your Main Post is due by Day 4. Read a selection of your colleagues' postings. Respond by Day 6 to at least three of your colleagues who chose different points to address. Expand on your colleague’s posting in at least one of the following ways: • Discuss community resources that may have been available to assist in the crisis response. How could a counselor access those resources? • What barriers might exist to helping in this crisis? Identify at least two resources and two challenges • Discuss an article from the Lamar library that addresses effectiveness of crisis counseling/intervention. Use examples to support your ideas. Be sure to cite your points using the learning resources. You may also use other scholarly literature to support your discussion. Citations and references must be in APA format. Peer Response Requirements: Respond to a MINIMUM of 3 of your peers with substantive responses and support these responses with references to be eligible for full points. Peer responses must occur on at least 3 separate days. Return to this Discussion to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights you have gained as a result of the comments your colleagues made.