Incorporating Solution-Focused Crisis Intervention into Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) with Firefighters

This multiple case study explores how the incorporation of SFCI into the practice of Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) impacts a first responder peer-support process. Over four sessions of classroom-based training, participants learned and practiced the application of SFCI in a CISM structure. A constant comparison method was used to produce five overarching themes: intentionality, becoming solution-focused informed, integration of new ideas, questions as interventions, and CIRT self-care. The addition of SFCI empowered the participants to employ tools that promote each individual’s strength and resource building for impacted peers.