Abstract: All people are vulnerable to experiencing a crisis state but some people more readily go into a crisis state than others. A crisis state occurs when the traumatic event is perceived as overwhelming by the individual. The individual in crisis state is characterized as being in the state of disequilibrium (cognitive and emotional instability) and immobility (behaviour instability). Thus, crisis state is an acute and unstable state because it may lead to long-term and severe psychological dysfunction or abnormal psychological growth. In this regard, rapid and adequate assessment of a client paper presents a narrative about how we can apply the six-stage crisis intervention model and the triage assessment system together with other aspects of assessment (such as the use of suicide/lethality risk assessment) in responding to the client in crisis. Constant and rapid assessment of the client’s state of equilibrium will dictate what we will do in the next few minutes as the crisis unfolds. The six-stage crisis intervention model and the Triage Assessment System (TAS) are among crisis intervention models that provide fast and efficient methods for obtaining a real-time estimate of what is occurring to the client. This study will discuss a narrative about how we can apply the six-step crisis intervention model and the triage assessment system together with other aspects of assessment (such as the use of suicide/ lethality risk assessment). Apart from that, this paper outlines some of the resources from our local community upon which we can draw assistance in getting the client through his or her crisis as well as assist him or her with long-term counselling. These resources are from community groups, government services, telephone help or support lines, religious groups and counselling services.