From our point of view, ideally, just as every lay person should know how to provide basic physical emergency first aid in order to help those who are physically injured and prevent further harm before emergency teams arrive to the scene, the same should exist for Psychological First Aid. There should be a common knowledge base throughout all community levels concerning brief interventions that can reduce distress sufficiently, so that each person who perceives any event as traumatic can be helped to return to normal effective functioning. The SIX Cs model was created to fill this gap and to provide a simple user-friendly working model for professionals, non-professionals, first responders and the general population, based on the neuropsychological and psychological correlates of stress.

“We are here with you, we are not going anywhere until you are safe again”.

Farchi, Moshe & Bergman, Tal & Gershon, Bella & Ben Hirsch-Gornemann, Miriam & Gidron, Yori. (2018). The SIX Cs model for Immediate Cognitive Psychological First Aid: From Helplessness to Active Efficient Coping. International journal of emergency mental health. 20. 1-12. 10.4172/1522-4821.1000395. ResearchGate