Welcome TO
Institute for Compassionate Care
A center for professional learning, chaplain training, crisis education, and supportive resources.
EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL CARE IN DISASTERS
STRESS, COMPASSION FATIGUE, AND RESILIENCE
STRESS, COMPASSION FATIGUE, AND RESILIENCE
STRESS, COMPASSION FATIGUE, AND RESILIENCE
STRESS, COMPASSION FATIGUE, AND RESILIENCE
STRESS, COMPASSION FATIGUE, AND RESILIENCE
SPIRITUAL AND PHYCOLOGICAL FIRST AID
STRESS, COMPASSION FATIGUE, AND RESILIENCE
SPIRITUAL AND PHYCOLOGICAL FIRST AID
UNDERSTANDING SUICIDE
GRIEF FOLLOWING TRAUMA
SPIRITUAL AND PHYCOLOGICAL FIRST AID
GRIEF FOLLOWING TRAUMA
GRIEF FOLLOWING TRAUMA
GRIEF FOLLOWING TRAUMA
About Institute for Compassionate Care
OUR MISSION
The Institute for Compassionate Care exists to equip frontline responders, chaplains, pastors, clinicians and community volunteers to deepen their knowledge and skills in the area of crisis response. Our intention is to provide excellent training and practical resources to assist them in providing effective emotional and spiritual care to hurting people.
About ICC
The Institute for Compassionate Care (ICC) was founded by Dr. Kevin Ellers to train people to provide effective and compassionate emotional and spiritual care following critical incidents. Critical incidents are life altering events that have potential to create a state of crisis. These events may include disasters; loss and death; mass casualty; crime; violence; assault and many other things. While critical incidents can cause distress and disruption, they can also be a catalyst for growth and transformation. In addition to training, another major focus of ICC is helping people build resilience and coping skills to not only recover from life’s stressors, but to grow from these experiences. This is achieved through care, consulting and coaching leaders, organizations, and survivors in the aftermath.
DR. KEVIN ELLERS, PRESIDENT AND CEO
Kevin is a master trainer, curriculum developer and author with over 40 years of both frontline and leadership in the grief, trauma, crisis and disaster world. (See full bio here). He has authored four two-day Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) classes and is faculty with the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF). ICISF is the largest training institution in world for training first responders and front-line emotional and spiritual care providers in field of crisis response curriculum. His wife Jennifer has co-authored some of the curriculum, is a trainer, coach and experienced crisis responder. Both have a passion for training and support to hose in crisis and have trained and served extensively for a broad and diverse group of organizations and people.
In February of 2025, after retiring from 30 years with The Salvation Army as the Territorial Disaster Services Director, Kevin became the president of the Crisis Response Care (CRC). This training program was launched by the K-LOVE radio station in 2011. Both Kevin and Jennifer have trained extensively for this program though ICC since the program’s inception and are honored to continue to grow and expand this vital training and support ministry by strengthening the partnership efforts of both ministries.