Stay safe- Do whatever you need to do to put your safety above all 20. Seek understanding, not blame- Listen to your behavior; blaming prevents growth 21. If one way doesn't work, try …

Seeking Safety offers 25 topics; each is independent of the others, allowing the clinician to conduct as few or as many as time permits. Each topic represents a safe coping skill that …

Compassion means searching with an open, nonjudgmental mind into what happened. This promotes real change. If compassion is not familiar be-cause you did not learn it when you …

The “Imagine” coping skill in the Seeking Safety Program is a powerful cognitive-behavioral technique designed to help individuals manage distressing emotions, particularly those related …

Seeking Safety is an evidence-based, coping skills intervention that helps people attain safety from trauma and/or addiction. This Implementation Guide is an adaptation of Seeking Safety …

Here we will post handouts for Seeking Safety. All handouts are to be used only in this group setting and are not to be copied or redistributed. They are all for personal use while engaged …

PTSD offers a framework that many clients and clinicians find helpful. It is like a new. and may increase their motivation to get clean and sober. It can be reassuring to realize that they may …

From: Najavits, L.M. Seeking Safety: A Treatment Manual for PTSD and Substance Abuse (2002). Only for personal use (with clients); for any other use contact …

Seeking Safety is the most popular and scientifically studied counseling model for trauma and addiction. Research shows that it works for both trauma and addiction issues, is cost-effective, …

Each topic provides practical tools and techniques to engage patients in treatment, teach "safe coping skills" that apply to both disorders, and restore ideals that have been lost, including …