Comprehensive Crisis Training Classes offered in Columbus

COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – This week the United Way is partnering with the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and International Council for Help Lines to put on a Comprehensive Crisis Training Class.

The class started Tuesday and runs until April 15.

Each class is from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. in Columbus.

The course will cover a range of topics like depression, stress, domestic violence, and suicide among many others.

Each participant will receive 15 hours of community service and a certificate after completion of the training.

“I want our volunteers to gain knowledge on how to help someone who is facing a mental health crisis to provide them with a safety plan, a plan of action, to assist them. Once we hang up the phone, they can have a plan in place to assist them through their mental health crisis that is to identify the problem, to address a problem, and to get the resources to follow up with,” said Katrina Sunivelle, Executive Director of Contact Help Line.

For more information on the Crisis Training Classes and how to sign up, click here.