The Immediacy of Crisis Intervention Ensures the Safety of an Individual

The immediacy of crisis intervention ensures the safety of an individual and his/her family. Clinical social workers often find resistance as being a response from the victim. There are three phases professionals follow when intervening. The first involves establishing rapport with the individual through empathy, while the second includes gathering information for assessment. What is the third phase?

A) Setting a goal to return to the pre-crisis level of functioning.
B) Averting the crisis
C) Determining what the crisis means
D) Determining who will be affected by the crisis